Rudolf Hess, German politician and Deputy Führer in Nazi regime until 1941 (died 1987)

Rudolf Hess

German Nazi politician (1894–1987)

Rudolf Walter Richard Hess was a German politician, convicted war criminal and a leading member of the Nazi Party in Germany. Appointed Deputy Führer to Adolf Hitler in 1933, Hess held that position until 1941, when he flew solo to Scotland in an attempt to negotiate the United…