Walter Hess Conspiracy Theory

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The Demise of Rudolf Hess Randolph Bourne once said, “Society is one vast conspiracy for carving one into the kind of statue likes, and then placing it in the most convenient niche it has.” One large conspiracy theory was about none other than Rudolf Hess, a notorious leader in the Nazi administration and known for his inexplicable solo flight to England during World War II to negotiate peace with the British. Interestingly, that is all the solid evidence can trace about Hess’s life-his story remains a mystery after his arrival in Scotland. There are two main conspiracy theories over his death after his advent: confidential assassination and straightforward suicide. Rudolf Hess’s life was full of mystery, but throughout time, scholars and …show more content…

In the past, certain people have claimed to have files stolen: “Karel Hille, a Dutch journalist, claimed to have files that had been stolen from M16 by none other than Sir Maurice Oldfield, ex-head of M16. The files proved that the man who died in Spandau was not Hess, but a double body”, but the suspicious thing was that the British tried to hush it all up by discouraging the investigation effort, stating that there is no evidence at all (Unsolved Political Mysteries 30; Hitler’s Last Henchman Dies). There were documents found missing about Rudolf Hess’s death involving ex-M16 members as its potential perpetrators and the British trying to disparage the conspiracy, which may possibly suggest the British’s guilty role in the death of Hess. Furthermore, medical evidence drove Hess’s son, Wolf, to say that the height between the floor and the electrical cord was too short for his father, who had arthritis and other medical ailments that would have made it impossible to hang himself (Murdered by British Agents). Mr. Thomas, a past “military surgeon” said that he had accumulated intelligence about two “assassins” commanded by the British government to silence Hess before the possibility of Hess being released and “free to expose” details regarding a conspiracy to dethrone the Churchill …show more content…

In the “murder” theory, it essentially claims that Rudolf Hess was liquidated by the British government during his temporary imprisonment in London and a British operative was just posing for him in the Nuremburg trials to cover up the machination. Contrary to the murder theory, the suicide postulate is very straightforward-Hess committed suicide in 1987 from his mental conditions and his numerous suicide attempts in the past. Irrevocably, aside from Hess’s death theories, his departure remains as an enigma in world history, reflecting the very nature of his past life and actions. Rudolf Hess’s mystery is just another addition to the stockpile of undiscovered schemes and classified events of the remorseless Nazi

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