Rudolf Hess in old age, Spandau Prison, Germany

1974 - Rudolf Hess 80 Years Old: On April 26, 1974, Rudolf Hess, the former deputy of the leader will be 80 years old! Hess, 1946 condemned to life imprisonment by the Nuremberg war crimes trial through the international military tribunal, is since then in prison in Berlin-Spandau. He is the last occupant in prison, the most expensive prisoner in the world, and certainly the loneliest. Many petitions for release have been refused. Rudolf Hess, born in Alexandria, took part as a pilot in the First World War and in 1920 joined the NSDAP. As one of the leaders of the putsch of November 9, 1923 he was condemned to confinement in a fortress of which he completed his 7 1/2 months sentence with Hitler in Landsberg. In 1925 he became Hitler's private secretary, 1932 chairman of the political central commission of the party, in April 1933 deputy of the leader and in December of the same year, minister of the Reich. In spite of a considerable fulness of power he had very little influence in important questions. In May 1941 Rudolf Hess flew to Scotland on his own initiative, with the fantastic idea of persuading the British Government to conclude peace and engage in a common battle against the Soviet Union. However, he was interned, without being noted. The British TV lately televised a film about the life of Rudolf Hess in Spandau. Colonel Bird, who was an American Governor in Spandau two years ago, took the pictures

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