As a result of my current attempt to finish the third book in the trilogy of the Overlords of Mars, which I hope to have finished before Christmas (and actually am on track to doing, unlike certain fantasy authors who shall remain nameless), I am, once again, delving deeper than most ever do into the various unresolved issues of WWII.
Rudolph Hess remains one of the most enigmatic of figures. He tried to broker a peace between the UK and Germany and paid for it by being imprisoned for the rest of his life. He apparently hung himself at age 93, in 1987, in Spandau Prison, which was thereafter demolished, supposedly so it would not become a Neo-nazi “shrine”. Even his grave was destroyed and his remains cremated, so that people could not visit his tombstone, with the inscriptions I dared it was similarly destroyed.
As far as the narrative on WWII goes, Hess would seem to be one of the more sympathetic characters, and he clearly did not lack courage, flying a solo mission to Scotland to try and broker peace. And yet, he was never since allowed to say anything.
Now, why would you want to silence a guy this badly and for so long, especially since he wanted to avoid war?
Just one of the many, many, many things that don’t seem to have answers about WWII.
