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'''Rudolf Walter Richard Hess''' ([[German language|German]] ''Rudolf Walter Richard Heß''; 26 April 1894 – 17 August 1987) was a [[German Reich (1933–1945)|German]] soldier, aviator, and prominent [[National Socialist German Workers' Party|Nazi]] politician who served as [[Adolf Hitler]]'s deputy from April 1933 until May 1941, a month before [[Operation Barbarossa|the German invasion of the Soviet Union]], when he flew to [[Scotland]] in order to negotiate peace with the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|United Kingdom]] without Hitler's prior knowledge or approval. Hess was arrested by British authorities soon after | '''Rudolf Walter Richard Hess''' ([[German language|German]] ''Rudolf Walter Richard Heß''; 26 April 1894 – 17 August 1987) was a [[German Reich (1933–1945)|German]] soldier, aviator, and prominent [[National Socialist German Workers' Party|Nazi]] politician who served as [[Adolf Hitler]]'s deputy from April 1933 until May 1941, a month before [[Operation Barbarossa|the German invasion of the Soviet Union]], when he flew to [[Scotland]] in order to negotiate peace with the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|United Kingdom]] without Hitler's prior knowledge or approval. Hess was arrested by British authorities soon after and held in British captivity until the end of [[Second World War|the war]]. After the war was over, he was convicted of [[Crime of aggression|crimes of aggression]] along with conspiracy to commit crimes of aggression in 1946 during [[Nuremberg trials]] and sentenced to life imprisonment in [[Spandau War Criminals Prison|Spandau]]. Hess committed suicide by hanging himself with an extension cord on 17 August 1987 at the age of 93. | ||