In 1987, Adolf Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess was found dead in his cell in Spandau Prison, after hanging himself with an electric cord.

CNN: Monday,

In 1987, Rudolf Hess, the last member of Adolf Hitler's inner circle, died at a hospital near Spandau Prison at age 93, an apparent suicide.

CNN: Saturday,

Rudolf Hess was once Hitler's deputy, before flying to Scotland on an alleged peace mission in 1941 that instead ended with him becoming a prisoner of war.

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Brompton Road is also rumoured to be where Nazi deputy Rudolf Hess was held when he was captured after crash-landing a light aircraft in Scotland in May 1941.

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