Walter Rudolph Hess during his lifetime was known for holding one of the leading military positions in the Third Reich during the Second World War. He was the "right hand" of Adolf Hitler himself, he trusted him almost all state secrets.
Biography
The life of the famous military leader began in 1894 in Egypt. Rudolph’s birthday was on April 26th. He was the eldest child in the family, followed the younger brother and sister. The boy's parents adhered to nationalist views, did not allow him to interact in any way with children of other nationalities. As a result, the young man began to study at home, since in general education institutions he was forced to contact with peers of the Egyptian race.
When Rudolf reached the age of 14, he and his family moved to Germany. Since Hess came from a warm climate, the skin of the teenager was dark, this was the reason for constant ridicule and bullying by peers. Despite this, the young man was able to pull himself together and soon took the position of one of the best students of the German boarding house in the new country.
When Rudolph came of age, his father wanted to transfer business to his son. For this, the family decided to send the young man to study in Switzerland, where he was to become a first-class economist. But then the years of World War I came, the guy immediately went to the front, completely went through difficult years and returned to training in the city of Munich.
Political Activities
In 1919, Rudolph first made acquaintance with the future leader of the Third Reich - Adolf Hitler. Their views on life coincided in almost all aspects: from racial hatred to political preferences. After 4 years, two men tried to seize power in the Weimar Republic - the then political system of Germany. Their attempts were in vain, both served their sentence in prison - 2 years.
Then the book “My Struggle” appeared, which Rudolph wrote in the walls of the correctional institution together with Hitler. After the liberation, the men tried in every possible way to come to power; Hess everywhere followed Adolf. Subsequently, in 1933, they managed to seize primacy in the political system of the country - Germany gradually became a national socialist power.
When Hitler began preparations for the military operations of the forties, Hess suggested that he establish cooperation with Great Britain, since he believed that this alliance could be useful. The Führer rejected this proposal and did not pay attention to it.
Therefore, in 1941, in the midst of the conquest of Europe, Rudolph decided on a secret flight to England, but crashed in the middle of the road. He was further recognized as a traitor to the Motherland, his name ceased to appear next to Adolf. Great Britain soon entered into friendly relations with the Soviet Union, which meant that Giss's efforts were in vain.
Further fate
At the end of the war, Rudolph was tried on a par with the most notorious criminals of the Third Reich, he was sentenced to life imprisonment. Within the walls of the correctional institution, he wrote various memoirs, for which he was punished by the deterioration of the conditions of detention. His life ended in 2011, an elderly man hanged himself in his own cell.
