Rudolf Hess

Rudolf Hess was a prominent Nazi official who served as the Deputy Führer to Adolf Hitler from 1933 until 1941. A long-time loyal follower, Hess helped Hitler transcribe "Mein Kampf" while imprisoned following the failed 1923 Beer Hall Putsch. In May 1941, Hess undertook a solo flight to Scotland in an attempt to negotiate a peace agreement with the United Kingdom, but was immediately arrested upon arrival. Imprisoned in Britain for the remainder of World War II, he was convicted at the Nuremberg Trials and sentenced to life imprisonment, serving his sentence at Spandau Prison until his death.

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