1894-1987. German Nazi leader. Imprisoned
with Hitler 1923-25, he became his private
secretary, taking down Mein Kampf from his
dictation. In 1932 he was appointed deputy
Fuhrer to Hitler. On 10 May 1941 he landed by
air in the UK with compromise peace
proposals, and was held a prisoner of war
until 1945, when he was tried at Nuremberg as
a war criminal and sentenced to life
imprisonment. He died in Spandau prison,
Berlin. He was effectively in charge of Nazi
party organizations until his flight in 1941.
For the last years of his life he was the
only prisoner left in Spandau.