The (Nazi) Hess Conspiracies (Rudolf Hess)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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Speer's "Hesse Did Not Fly Here in My Name"
Hitler told Alfred Rosenberg that he felt physically sick when he read the letter. According to Speer, Hitler never got over his deputy's disloyalty. He even insisted later that one condition for peace with Britain, if it ever came, would be that Hesse should be hanged.
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During WWII, Rudolph Hess, a close aide to Hitler, made a secret flight to Scotland, where he was imprisoned. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss who Hess was, why he crossed enemy lines, and the allegations of conspiracies involving British and Nazi leaders.
