On this day in history - 17 August 1987

Rudolf Hess, deputy of Adolf Hitler in the Nazi Party from 1933 to 1941, was found dead at Spandau Prison at the age of 93. Hess was given a life sentence at the Nuremberg Trials following the war.

  1. ssabi45 reblogged this from fubardays
  2. prisonernumber7 reblogged this from operationbarbarossa
  3. the-nameless-monster reblogged this from operationbarbarossa and added:
    He didn’t simply die - he was Murdered! They strangled him with a belt! They claim it was Suicide - but Prisoners aren’t...
  4. saprogen reblogged this from der-wolf
  5. sherwin-rulz reblogged this from worldwarsandjunk
  6. worldwarsandjunk reblogged this from operationbarbarossa
  7. der-wolf reblogged this from operationbarbarossa
  8. vagal-jr reblogged this from cannedneedles
  9. unknown-content reblogged this from onkelspeer
  10. irishrover reblogged this from onkelspeer
  11. eulen-augen reblogged this from cannedneedles
  12. pale-guy reblogged this from onkelspeer
  13. cannedneedles reblogged this from onkelspeer
  14. onkelspeer reblogged this from fubardays
  15. lyndsesca reblogged this from operationbarbarossa
  16. der-jarl reblogged this from operationbarbarossa and added:
    was. His story makes me soo sad :( He didn’t deserve this.
  17. fubardays reblogged this from gentleman-blackbird
  18. gentleman-blackbird reblogged this from mein-fuehrer
  19. wehrwirtschaftsfuhrerwurster reblogged this from operationbarbarossa
  20. frozencitadel reblogged this from operationbarbarossa
  21. senseihistory reblogged this from operationbarbarossa
  22. mein-fuehrer reblogged this from operationbarbarossa and added:
    An unjust and inhumane life sentence spent alone as the sole prisoner of Spandau.