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{{Stub}}{{Infobox politician|name=Rudolf Hess|birth_name=Rudolf Walter Richard Hess|birth_date=26 April 1894|birth_place=Alexandria, [[Khedivate of Egypt]]|death_date=17 August 1987 (aged 93)|death_place=Spandau Prison, West Berlin, [[West Germany]]|death_cause=Suicide by hanging|political_orientation=[[Nazism]]|political_party=[[Nazi Party]]|image=Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1987-0313-507, Rudolf Hess (cropped)(b).jpg}} | {{Stub}}{{Infobox politician|name=Rudolf Hess|birth_name=Rudolf Walter Richard Hess|birth_date=26 April 1894|birth_place=Alexandria, [[Khedivate of Egypt]]|death_date=17 August 1987 (aged 93)|death_place=Spandau Prison, West Berlin, [[West Germany]]|death_cause=Suicide by hanging|political_orientation=[[Nazism]]|political_party=[[Nazi Party]]|image=Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1987-0313-507, Rudolf Hess (cropped)(b).jpg}} | ||
'''Rudolf Walter Richard Hess''' ([[German language|German]] ''Rudolf Walter Richard Heß''; 26 April 1894 – 17 August 1987) was a [[German Reich (1933–1945)|German]] soldier, | '''Rudolf Walter Richard Hess''' ([[German language|German]] ''Rudolf Walter Richard Heß''; 26 April 1894 – 17 August 1987) was a [[German Reich (1933–1945)|German]] soldier, war criminal, and prominent [[National Socialist German Workers' Party|Nazi]] politician. Hess was fanatically devoted to [[Adolf Hitler]] and served as his deputy from April 1933 until May 1941 when he flew to the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|United Kingdom]] in an attempt to make peace. | ||
A month before [[Operation Barbarossa|the German invasion of the Soviet Union]], Hess flew to [[Scotland]] in order to negotiate peace with the United Kingdom without Hitler's prior knowledge or approval. Hess was arrested by British authorities soon after his arrival and held in British captivity until the end of [[Second World War|the war]]. After the war was over, he was convicted of [[Crime of aggression|crimes of aggression]] along with conspiracy to commit crimes of aggression in 1946 during the [[Nuremberg trials]] and sentenced to life imprisonment in [[Spandau War Criminals Prison|Spandau]]. Hess committed suicide by hanging himself with an extension cord on 17 August 1987 at the age of 93. | |||
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| Born | Rudolf Walter Richard Hess 26 April 1894 Alexandria, Khedivate of Egypt |
| Died | 17 August 1987 (aged 93) Spandau Prison, West Berlin, West Germany |
| Cause of death | Suicide by hanging |
| Political orientation | Nazism |
| Political party | Nazi Party |
Rudolf Walter Richard Hess (German Rudolf Walter Richard Heß; 26 April 1894 – 17 August 1987) was a German soldier, war criminal, and prominent Nazi politician. Hess was fanatically devoted to Adolf Hitler and served as his deputy from April 1933 until May 1941 when he flew to the United Kingdom in an attempt to make peace.
A month before the German invasion of the Soviet Union, Hess flew to Scotland in order to negotiate peace with the United Kingdom without Hitler's prior knowledge or approval. Hess was arrested by British authorities soon after his arrival and held in British captivity until the end of the war. After the war was over, he was convicted of crimes of aggression along with conspiracy to commit crimes of aggression in 1946 during the Nuremberg trials and sentenced to life imprisonment in Spandau. Hess committed suicide by hanging himself with an extension cord on 17 August 1987 at the age of 93.