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Hess  (hs), (Walter Richard) Rudolf 1894-1987.

German Nazi leader. When Hitler became chancellor (1933), he named Hess as deputy führer and later (1939) as second in succession to the Nazi leadership. In May 1941 Hess was captured in Scotland, where he had flown apparently in a bid to start peace talks with Britain. At the Nuremburg trials (1946) he was sentenced to life imprisonment in Spandau Prison, Berlin, for war crimes.

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Noun	1.	Hess - English pianist (1890-1965) Dame Myra Hess
	2.	Hess - Swiss physiologist noted for studies of the brain (1881-1973) Walter Hess, Walter Rudolf Hess
	3.	Hess - Nazi leader who in 1941 flew a solo flight to Scotland in an apparent attempt to negotiate a peace treaty with Great Britain but was imprisoned for life (1894-1987) Rudolf Hess, Walther Richard Rudolf Hess
	4.	Hess - United States physicist (born in Austria) who was a discoverer of cosmic radiation (1883-1964) Victor Franz Hess, Victor Hess