Rudolf Hess
Report By: Dane Literal
Rudolf Hess was the son of a wealthy merchant. He was born in Alexandria, Egypt in 1894. Later he moved to Germany for educational purposes. With this new knowledge he decided to join his fathers business. Then he joined the German Army in 1914. He was wounded in the war but he recovered. When the war was over he moved to Munich to become even more educated. The freakouts (A Private army designed to protect German borders) recruited him and this is where Rudolf first heard Hitler speak at a political meeting. He soon became one of Hitler's followers and one of his friends. Hess started to accelerate through the ranks and Hitler decides to put him in charge of The Central Political Committee and and the deputy leader of the party. Later he failed Hitler in one of his assignments and was sent to prison for 18 months. He was Hitlers personal secretary while he was in prison. Then on may 10th, 1941 he crash landed a plane to reinforce a peace treaty between Britain and Germany. A Scots farmer found him and reported him to the police. The police arrested him and later after that he was sent to prison for life. On top of that Hitler deprives Hess of all his ranks of being a Nazi party leader and his membership to the party. Before he was pressed with charges he gets experimented on by Dr. Donald Ewen Cameron. Cameron gave Hess large doses of amnesia so he could erase his memory. Hess could no longer recognize any of the Nazi leaders or his friends. Then the court day arrived, There were 23 defendants in the trial and all but Hess and Erich Raeder were executed. Hess and Raeder were sent to prison for life. Hess ended up committing suicide when he was 93 by hanging himself with an extension cord. But many people question if he really did commit suicide or not because with his health at 93 he would not be able to hang himself alone.
Interesting facts
Hitler lied and said Rudolf Hess had a mental disorder and that he is a victim of hallucinations.
Hess went on a secret mission to secure a peace treaty between Britain and Germany and takes a plane to visit the Duke of Hamilton but crash lands the plane and gets arrested.
Hess went on a secret mission to secure a peace treaty between Britain and Germany and takes a plane to visit the Duke of Hamilton but crash lands the plane and gets arrested.