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Hess Begins Life Imprisonment after IMT

Germany · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1946

Rudolf HessOctober 1946

Spandau Prison · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Hess begins serving the life sentence imposed for conspiracy and crimes against peace after completion of the Nuremberg proceedings.

Names involved

Rudolf Hess

Provenance

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