Hugh Thomas on Rudolf Hess being an imposter

Title

Hugh Thomas on Rudolf Hess being an imposter

Genre

Interview

TX Date

18 Aug 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:04:01

Description

Hugh Thomas, Consultant Surgeon at the Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr Tydfil, and the last man to fully examine Rudolf Hess, says the rumour that the man held in Spandau Prison was an imposter could be true. He talks about the scars (or lack of them) on the body of the man supposed to be Hess, and the whereabouts of official records. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Hugh Thomas

Keywords

Fraud; Conspiracy; Prisons; Nazis; Rudolf Hess; Prisoners; Identity; Doctors; Spandau Prison; Germany FR; Wounds

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