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Rudolf Hess

German Nazi leader and Reich Minister without Portfolio (1894–1987)

  • Fame67.6
  • Momentum8.3
  • Egypt rank#103
Source-basedRising
  • Fame67.6
  • Momentum8.3
  • Egypt rank#103
  • Wikipedia247.8K
Lived 1894–1987, aged 93Egypt
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    71 languages
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  • Rank in Egypt
    #103
    Politicians
  • Era
    1894–1987
    Aged 93
  • Known for
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    1999
Summary
Updated 2026-08-23

Hitler's deputy until 1941, when he flew solo to Scotland hoping to broker peace — and spent the rest of his life in prison. He signed the Nuremberg Laws into effect, was convicted of crimes against peace, and died by suicide in 1987 as the last prisoner in Spandau, forty-six years after his flight.

Biography

About

Hess joined the Nazi Party in 1920, stood beside Hitler at the Beer Hall Putsch in 1923, and helped draft Mein Kampf while they served prison time for the attempted coup. After Hitler took power in 1933, Hess became Deputy Führer and signed much of the regime's legislation, including the 1935 Nuremberg Laws that stripped Jews of their rights. Named second in the line of succession after Göring in 1939, he was already being edged out of Hitler's inner circle by the time war began. On 10 May 1941, he flew solo to Scotland in an unauthorized attempt to negotiate Britain's exit from the war, belie…

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Sourced, dated quotes from Rudolf Hess

Rudolf Hess
said
Thanks to the directors for addressing this message to my home. Written several minutes before my death.
— Suicide note, found in his pocket. (17 August 1987)
Rudolf Hess
said
People don't forget, do they?
— Quotations of Hess from Prisoner #7: Rudolph Hess, The Loneliest Man In The World by Lt. Col. Eugene K. Bird
Rudolf Hess
said
I have been reading about the problems of youth.
— When his Prison Director replied with: "But surely, you were doing all this for a different purpose. You were building a super-race for
Rudolf Hess
said
I was permitted to work for many years of my life under the greatest son whom my people has brought forth in its thousand year history.
— Last statement by Heß to the International Military Tribunal in Nüremberg (31 August 1946)
Rudolf Hess
said
My coming to England in this way is, as I realize, so unusual that nobody will easily understand it. I was confronted by a very hard decision.
— Statement of 10 June 1941, as quoted in Rudolf Hess: Prisoner of Peace (1982) by Ilse Hess (his wife).
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Fame
Rising
67.6
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Momentum8.3
Historical32.9
Now attention43.1
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
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    wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
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    database · pantheon.world
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