Rudolf Hess
Object numberM1995/070:015
TitleRudolf Hess
DescriptionBlack and white press photographs documenting the holocaust. Profile portrait of Rudold Hess, taken on his 43th birthday in 1937. On the reverse a caption in German is attached.
The photograph reads "The deputy of the Führer Reichsminister Rudolf Hess was born 43 years ago, on April 26, 1894 in Alexandria (Egypt), son of merchant Fritz Hess. The family originated on the father's side from Upper Franconia and on the mother's side from Thuringia. Rudolf Hess entered the NSDAP in 1920 and became deputy Führer in April 1933."
The photograph reads "The deputy of the Führer Reichsminister Rudolf Hess was born 43 years ago, on April 26, 1894 in Alexandria (Egypt), son of merchant Fritz Hess. The family originated on the father's side from Upper Franconia and on the mother's side from Thuringia. Rudolf Hess entered the NSDAP in 1920 and became deputy Führer in April 1933."
Production date 1937
Subject, perpetrators
Object namephotographs
Language
- German The deputy of the Führer
43 years old
Image Number A 40 814
The deputy of the Führer Reichsminister Rudolf Hess was born 43 years ago, on April 26, 1894 in Alexandria (Egypt), son of merchant Fritz Hess. The family originated on the father's side from Upper Franconia and on the mother's side from Thuringia. Rudolf Hess entered the NSDAP in 1920 and became deputy Führer in April 1933.
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Michele Harrison