British files made public Wednesday seemed to settle a 51-year-old riddle by confirming that Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Hess, kept secret from the Fuehrer the plans for his baffling solo flight to try to ...

WBEZ brings you fact-based news and information. Sign up for our newsletters to stay up to date on the stories that matter. On May 10th 1941 Rudolf Hess flew from Germany to Scotland. He hoped to ...

The British still had not got their Hess story straight last week. From somewhere in Scotland a U.S. newsman cabled that he could watch Rudolf Hess as the No. 1 Nazi Abroad gazed from his hospital ...