A file of documents on Rudolf Hess' imprisonment in Britain during the first half of 1942. Documents in the file include a letter of complaint written by Hess to George VI over his supposed mistreatment; notes about unwanted press attention at "Camp Z", where Hess was being held; reports of a legacy left to Hess by a German agent recently arrested in Nigeria; and a report relating how a member of the British intelligence staff convinced Hess that he was not being poisoned by taking some of the medication provided for him in his presence.
- Collection ID
- FO1093
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Canada England Germany Great Britain Ireland Italy Japan Nazi Germany Nigeria Russia Scotland Switzerland Wales
- Document Reference
- FO 1093/14/2
- Document Types
- Correspondence Report Memorandum
- File Reference
- FO 1093/14
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.fo1093.0014.002
- Keywords
- Prisoners Of War Finances Postal Communications Food Supplies Allies Security Hess' Mental Condition Medical Records Press Reports Newspapers Invasion Of The Soviet Union Broadcast Services Secrecy Release Of Information Censorship
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Foreign Office Permanent Under-Secretary's Department Geheime Staatspolizei International Red Cross Security Service
- Pages
- 254
- Persons Discussed
- Alexander Cadogan Anthony Eden Hermann Göring Rudolf Hess Adolf Hitler Guy Liddell Peter Loxley Desmond Morton Orme Sargent
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Surveillance
