The recent death of Rudolf Hess, top Hitler aide, stirred some indefinable reactions in me about this ruined Nazi administrator. How productive is any feeling about a 93-year-old whose significance ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Newsweek published this story under the headline of "A Last Relic of the Reich" on August 31, 1987. A group of neo-Nazis ...

Last member of Hitler’s inner circle dies in prison On this day, Aug. 17, in 1987, Rudolf Hess, the last surviving member of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler’s inner circle, was found strangled to death in an ...

August 17: Deputy Nazi leader Rudolf Hess killed himself in jail on this day in 1987 following his fourth suicide attempt during his 46 years in captivity. The 93-year-old, who was captured in 1941 ...

Berlin, April 1, 1987: Soviet guards pose for a photo as they prepare to end their tour of duty at Spandau Prison. For the past 21 years, the prison’s sole occupant was loopy Hitler henchman Rudolf ...

Directed by Auriga's Artistic Director Bert Pigg, this absorbing story takes place in 1987 on the last day of Rudolf Hess's life at Berlin's Spandau Prison, where he was imprisoned for crimes ...