Rudolf Hess
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Rudolf Hess was a leading Nazi official and Adolf Hitler’s former deputy who became infamous for his solo flight to Britain in 1941 and later imprisonment for war crimes.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rudolf Walter Richard Hess | 1 |
| Wolf Rüdiger Hess | 1 |
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nazi official
ⓘ
human ⓘ war criminal ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Adolf Hitler ⓘ |
| arrestedBy | United Kingdom authorities ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | hanging ⓘ |
| charge |
conspiracy to commit crimes against peace
ⓘ
crimes against peace ⓘ |
| child |
Rudolf Hess
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Wolf Rüdiger Hess
|
| citizenship |
German Empire
ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| closeAllyOf | Adolf Hitler ⓘ |
| conflict | World War I ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth |
Mahdist Sudan
ⓘ
surface form:
Khedivate of Egypt
|
| dateOfBirth | 1894-04-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1987-08-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfEvent | 1941-05-10 ⓘ |
| destinationOfFlight |
Scotland
ⓘ
surface form:
Scotland, United Kingdom
|
| detainedIn |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
United Kingdom (1941–1945)
|
| detentionEnd | 1987 ⓘ |
| detentionStart | 1946 ⓘ |
| education |
University of Leipzig
ⓘ
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich ⓘ
surface form:
University of Munich
|
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| familyName |
Sauer
ⓘ
surface form:
Hess
|
| fullName |
Rudolf Hess
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Rudolf Walter Richard Hess
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| givenName | Rudolf ⓘ |
| ideology | Nazism ⓘ |
| imprisonedIn |
Werl Prison
ⓘ
surface form:
Spandau Prison
|
| intendedNegotiationPartner |
UK government
ⓘ
surface form:
British government
|
| joined | Nazi Party in 1920 ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
German ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | suicide ⓘ |
| memberOf | Nazi Party ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Imperial German Army
ⓘ
Air Force ⓘ
surface form:
Luftstreitkräfte
|
| notableEvent | solo flight to Scotland in May 1941 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being Adolf Hitler's Deputy Führer
ⓘ
unauthorized peace mission flight to Britain in 1941 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Mein Kampf
ⓘ
surface form:
Mein Kampf (as Hitler's assistant and editor)
|
| occupation |
aviator
ⓘ
military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
British sector of Berlin
ⓘ
surface form:
Spandau Prison, West Berlin, West Germany
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| placeOfDetention | West Berlin ⓘ |
| politicalParty |
Nazi Party
ⓘ
surface form:
National Socialist German Workers' Party
|
| positionHeld |
Deputy Führer of the Nazi Party
ⓘ
Member of the Reichstag ⓘ Reich Minister without Portfolio ⓘ |
| religion | Lutheranism ⓘ |
| sentence | life imprisonment ⓘ |
| spouse | Ilse Pröhl ⓘ |
| triedBy |
Nuremberg trials
ⓘ
surface form:
International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg
|
| verdict |
guilty of conspiracy to commit crimes against peace
ⓘ
guilty of crimes against peace ⓘ |
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Wolf Rüdiger Hess
this entity surface form:
Rudolf Walter Richard Hess