A file of documents on the early months of Rudolf Hess' imprisonment in Britain after his arrival in May 1941. Subjects covered include Hess' peace proposals, according to which Britain would keep her empire but recognise German domination of Europe; Hess' belief in the inevitability of German victory; British and German propaganda about Hess' arrival in Europe and America; and arrangements for recording interrogations with Hess. The file also contains medical reports discussing Hess' precarious psychological condition in his first months of his captivity.
- Collection ID
- FO1093
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Czechoslovakia England Germany Great Britain Hungary Iraq Ireland Liberia Libya Poland Portugal Russia Scotland Soviet Union Sweden Switzerland United States of America
- Document Reference
- FO 1093/11/2
- Document Types
- Correspondence Report Summary
- File Reference
- FO 1093/11
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.fo1093.0011.002
- Keywords
- Hess' Mental Condition Medical Records Personnel Intelligence Gathering Interrogation German U-boats Naval Warfare Economic Warfare Nazi Ideology Weapons Production Aircraft Propaganda Morale German Propaganda Peace Proposals Nazi Leadership Public Opinion Secrecy Security American Neutrality Press Reports Prisoners Of War Nazi-occupied Europe Broadcast Services Public Statements Political Intelligence Political Warfare Anglo-american Relations German War Aims Political Pressure For Peace
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Abwehr Foreign Office Geheime Staatspolizei International Red Cross Security Service Permanent Under-Secretary's Department
- Pages
- 170
- Persons Discussed
- Alexander Cadogan Winston Churchill Anthony Eden Hermann Göring Rudolf Hess Heinrich Himmler Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Joachim von Ribbentrop Franklin Delano Roosevelt Orme Sargent Josef Stalin Robert Vansittart
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Surveillance Propaganda Censorship Psychological Warfare
