Bidspirit auction | Rudolf Hess Private Unpublished Photo

Rudolf Hess Private Unpublished Photo from the Hess Family Estate - Rudolf Hess Private Unpublished Photo from the Hess Family Estate. Photo measures 3.5 x 4.5 inches. Rudolf Walter Richard Hess was a German politician, convicted war criminal and a leading member of the Nazi Party in Germany. Appointed Deputy F?hrer to Adolf Hitler in 1933, Hess held that position until 1941, when he flew solo to Scotland in an attempt to negotiate the United Kingdom's exit from the Second World War. He was taken prisoner and eventually convicted of crimes against peace. He was still serving his life sentence at the time of his suicide in 1987.