Collectie GB 1556 WL 1582 - Hess, Rudolf (1894-1987): papers regarding imprisonment

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This material was collected with a view to making a documentary film on Rudolf Hess.

GB 1556 WL 1582 1939-1985 collection 1 file Becker , Lutz , b 1930 , film maker

Walter Richard Rudolf Hess was born April 26, 1894 and became was a prominent figure in Nazi Germany, acting as Adolf Hitler's deputy in the Nazi Party. On the eve of war with the Soviet Union, he flew solo to Scotland in an attempt to negotiate peace with the United Kingdom, but instead was arrested. He was tried at Nuremberg and sentenced to life internment at Spandau Prison, where he remained until his death in 1987 as a result of strangulation by an electrical cord. The official cause of death was recorded as suicide.

This material was collected with a view to making a documentary film on Rudolf Hess.

Deposited by Lutz Becker.

Papers of Rudolf Hess, 1939-1985, comprise copies of correspondence and papers regarding the imprisonment of Rudolf Hess at Spandau Prison.

Arranged in chronological order.

Open

Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

German, English and Polish

A detailed description exists on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

Compiled by Howard Falksohn.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

April 2008 Administration of justice European history German history Hess , Rudolf , 1894-1987 , German National Socialist leader Historical research History Humanitarian law National history Nazism Penal institutions Penal sanctions Political doctrines Prisons Spandau Prison Totalitarianism War crimes

Deposited by Lutz Becker.

Papers of Rudolf Hess, 1939-1985, comprise copies of correspondence and papers regarding the imprisonment of Rudolf Hess at Spandau Prison.

Arranged in chronological order.

Open

Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

• Engels

• Latijn

German, English and Polish

A detailed description exists on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• Engels