BZ

Das ist das Kabel, an dem sich Heß in Spandau erhängte

Eine 15 Quadratmeter große Gartenlaube auf dem Gefängnisgelände. Darin ein Stuhl, eine Sauerstoffflasche und ein Kabel, das am Fenstergriff verknotet wurde. Es ist das Kabel, mit dem sich Adolf ...
The Forward

Hess’ Remains Moved After Neo-Nazis Gather at Grave

The remains of Nazi leader Rudolf Hess were exhumed from his grave in Germany after it became a pilgrimage site for neo-Nazis. On Wednesday, his body was taken from his grave in the northern Bavarian ...
Washington Examiner

Crime History: Last Hitler deputy dies

On this day, Aug. 17, in 1987, Rudolf Hess, the last surviving member of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler’s inner circle, was found strangled to death in an apparent suicide. Hess died in Spandau Prison in ...
Stars and Stripes

Spandau Prison, 1987

Berlin, April 1, 1987: Soviet guards pose for a photo as they prepare to end their tour of duty at Spandau Prison. For the past 21 years, the prison’s sole occupant was loopy Hitler henchman Rudolf ...
The National Interest

Rudolf Hess

Spandau Prison in Berlin was a red brick structure, on the western side of the city, constructed in the 1870s with the capacity to hold several hundred inmates. The Nazis ...