Hess, Rudolf (1894-1987): papers regarding imprisonment

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 1556 WL 1582
Held at	: Wiener Library   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/ ›
Full title	: Hess, Rudolf (1894-1987): papers regarding imprisonment
Date(s)	: 1939-1985
Level of description	: collection
Extent	: 1 file
Name of creator(s)	: Becker | Lutz | b 1930 | film maker

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

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.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

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

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
German, English and Polish

System of arrangement:

Arranged in chronological order.

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

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

Finding aids:

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

Archival Information

Archival history:

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

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited by Lutz Becker.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Howard Falksohn.

Rules or conventions:
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.

Date(s) of descriptions:
April 2008