About this episode

This episode explores the dramatic fall of Rudolf Hess from Hitler's second-in-command to his imprisonment in the Tower of London.

In this episode, we find out how Hitler's top man went from being second in line to succeed Hitler, to being banged up in the Tower of London.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: That's What People Do

Topics covered

• history
• World War II
• political figures
• biography
• conspiracy theories

Keywords

• Rudolf Hess
• Hitler
• Tower of London
• World War II
• political history

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Tower of London

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