The Riddle of Rudolf Hess
- Episode aired Sep 1, 2004
- 24m
On May 10, 1941 Rudolf Hess, former Deputy Fuhrer of the Third Reich, made an extraordinary lone flight to Britain. Why did the British government, instead of treating the incident as a prop... Read allOn May 10, 1941 Rudolf Hess, former Deputy Fuhrer of the Third Reich, made an extraordinary lone flight to Britain. Why did the British government, instead of treating the incident as a propaganda coup, shroud the Hess affair in a web of official secrecy?On May 10, 1941 Rudolf Hess, former Deputy Fuhrer of the Third Reich, made an extraordinary lone flight to Britain. Why did the British government, instead of treating the incident as a propaganda coup, shroud the Hess affair in a web of official secrecy?