Rudolf Hess
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Rudolf Walter Richard Hess was a German politician, convicted war criminal, and a leading member of the Nazi Party in Germany. Appointed Deputy to the Führer in 1933, Hess held that position until 194
Hess in 1935
Hess (right) with his geopolitics professor, Karl Haushofer, c. 1920
Hitler, Emil Maurice, Hermann Kriebel, Hess, and Friedrich Weber at Landsberg Prison in 1924
Hess (2nd from left, behind Heinrich Himmler) was an early supporter of the Nazi Party.
Spandau Prison
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Spandau Prison was a military prison located in the Spandau borough of West Berlin. Built in 1876, it became a proto-concentration camp under Nazi Germany. After the Second World War, it held seven to
Rudolf Hess
…a ruse. The tribunal convicted him of crimes against peace and of conspiracy with other German leaders to commit crimes. He served a life sentence in Spandau Prison; the Soviet Union blocked repeated attempts by family members and prominent politicians to procure his early release. While still in custody as the…
Spandau Prison in 1951
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Dorofeev (Soviet Union), MG John E. Rogers (US), West Berlin, 1 April 1981
Report to the US National Security Advisor Mr. Kissinger on the situation with the Soviet presence in West Berlin, March 18, 1971.
Changing the guard (US troops left and British right) at Spandau Prison