History and chronology of Rudolph Hess in Germany

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Rudolph Hess History of Germany


1894	Birth
Alexandra Birth of Rudolph Hess, son of a German importer the owner of Hess & Co
1915	Medal
Awarded the Iron Cross , 2nd class
1916	Battle of Neuville
Neuville Participates in the Battle of Neuville St Vaast
1916	Battle of Verdun
Verdun Participates in the Battle of Verdun
1918	Thule Society
Munich Appointed Member of the Thule Society
1919	Revolution
Bavaria Helps overthrow the Bavarian Soviet Regime
1920	Secretary
Appointedler's Secretary
1923	Arrest
Berlin Arrested for part played in the Beer Hall Putsch
1923	Plot
8th Nov Munich Siezes Bavarian Government ministers & holds them under arrest
1924	Arrest
Landsberg Gives himself up for part played in the Munich Beer Hall putsch
Landsberg Imprisoned for 6 months alongside Hitler in Landsberg Prison
1924	Publication
15th April Puplication of "Mein Kampf", helped by Herman Hess
1927	1st Transatlantic Flight
Berlin Writes to Henry Ford asking for 200,000 Marks to fly from Europe to America, refused
1927	NSDAP
Produces "Road to Revival", circulated among top industrialists
1928	Alliance
Berlin Succeeds in raising funds from Fritz Thyssen
1929	Brown House
Munich Raises funds to enable the NSDAP to move its HQ to the Briennerstrasse in Munich
1929	NSDAP
Munich Raises funds to enable the NSDAP to move its HQ to the Briennerstrasse in Munich
1932	Deputy Head of State Hess
Appointed Deputy Fuhrer to Hitler
1933	Arrest
30th June Munich Rounds up SA leaders in Munich & arrests them
1933	Rally NSDAP
Nuremberg Germa Addresses what he calls a, "Congress of Victory"
1938	Anschluss
25th Jan Austrian police raid the Committee of Seven Vienna HQ
25th Jan Documents are found signed by Hess clearing an Austrian Nazi revolt in the Spring
1939	Deputy Head of State Hess
Appointed second in succession to the head of State behind Hitler
1940	Massacre
Auschwitz 2.5 million are exterminated under his command
1941	Arrest
10th May Arrested by the British & held as a POW
1941	Diplomacy
10th May Hess flies himself to Scotland & meets the Duke of Hamilton to submit his own peace proposals
10th May Proposes asking Britain to give Germany a free hand in Europe, in exchange Germany will leave the British Empire intact
1946	Trial
Nuremburg Sentenced at Nuremburg to life in prison at Spandau in Berlin
1987	Death
17th Aug It is announced that Hess has committed suicide in Spandau