Rudolf Hess was Hitlers Deputy Fuhrer, and fairly early in the war, he was supposedly sent on a secret mission to England, some speculate to make contact with some English Officials and Royals who thought that even then Hitler could be reasoned with. He spent the rest of the war in prison, and after the war, the rest of his life in Spandau Prison, where for decades he was the only prisoner. The powers that controlled Spandau, each decided that the cost of keeping him incarcerated was too high to justify its continuance, but always there was at least one (often one that had previously called for his release) that vetoed the idea. There were few if any interviews ever granted, and if there were any, the proceedings were so closely monitored and scripted that no one was ever able to obtain the details of his 'mission' to England. He dided not too many years ago in Spandau.
