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Real History: Documents on Rudolf Hess Document on imprisonment of Rudolf Hess Hitler’s deputy, Rudolf Hess , who flew to Scotland in May 1941 in a vain attempt to end the war, was sentenced to life imprisonment at Nuremberg by the victorious Allies for crimes against the peace. He remained in jail in Spandau, Berlin, until August 1987 when he was found strangled in a prison outbuilding.
The family commissioned an independent autopsy by the Munich professor Dr Spann, which provided evidence that Hess had been murdered.
Himmler Hitler Heydrich Jäckel Auschwitz Wannsee conference Brits Open Document On Rudolph Hess Updated 1:16 PM ET April 19, 2001 LONDON (AP) – Britain tried to keep war criminal Rudolph Hess in a British military hospital in Berlin in the 1970s, fearing adverse publicity if it returned Adolf Hitler’s ailing deputy to Spandau prison, according to an official document released Thursday.
Hess was captured after parachuting into Scotland in 1941, during what he consistently claimed was a solo peace mission. He was held in Britain until the end of World War II. Hess was sentenced to life imprisonment at the Nuremberg trials (right) on charges of conspiracy, war crimes, crimes against humanity and membership in the Nazi party. He was incarcerated at Berlin’s Spandau Prison, then under Allied control.
In 1970, however, British authorities had argued for keeping Hess in their military hospital in Berlin, where he was being treated for ailments including bronchial pneumonia, ulcer and an enlarged prostate gland. The Soviet Union was pressing for his