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  Rudolf Hess - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hess had a privileged position as Hitler's deputy in the early years of the Nazi movement but was increasingly marginalized throughout the 1930s as Hitler and other Nazi leaders consolidated political power.
Hess was detained by the British for the duration of the war, then was a defendant at the Nuremberg Trials for crimes against peace and given a life sentence.
Hess was born with the Sun in Taurus (Taurus being his Sun Sign, also called the Star Sign) and he apparently believed this system of prediction (called electional astrology) would somehow increase his chances for success.
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 Rudolf Walter Richard Hess
Rudolf Hess was in the center of the chaos.
When Rudolf Hess was told of Hitler's reaction to his peace mission, he became overwhelmed with despair and wept for an entire day and an entire night in his cell in the Tower of London.
Hess was in Vienna on 12th March, 1938, when the German troops moved in; and on 13th March, 1938, he signed the law for the reunion of Austria within the German Reich.
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 Walter Rudolf Hess Biography / Biography of Walter Rudolf Hess Main Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The son of Professor Clemenz Hess, Walter Rudolf Hess was born at Frauenfeld, Switzerland, on March 17, 1881.
In 1917 Hess was appointed professor of physiology and director of the Institute of Physiology at the University of Zurich.
Hess soon became interested in the study of the autonomic nervous system, the nerves that originate at the base of the brain and extend throughout the spinal cord.
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Bultmann, Rudolf Karl Bultmann, Rudolf Karlboolt´män, 1884-1976, German existentialist theologian, educated at the universities of Tübingen, Berlin, and Marburg.
Carnap, Rudolf Carnap, Rudolfkär´näp, -năp, 1891-1970, German-American philosopher.
Hess, Walter Rudolf Hess, Walter Rudolf, 1881-1973, Swiss physiologist.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Hess Walter Rudolf
Hess, Walter Rudolf (1881-1973), Swiss physiologist and Nobel Prize winner whose experiments demonstrated how specific regions deep within the brain—...
Hess, Rudolf (1894-1987), German Nazi functionary, one of Adolf Hitler's principal lieutenants in the 1920s and '30s.
Minnesota Fats was born Rudolf Walter Wanderone, Jr., in New York City.
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 Walter Richard Rudolf Hess Biography / Biography of Walter Richard Rudolf Hess Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Walter Richard Rudolf Hess (1894-1987) was Deputy Reichsführer for Adolf Hitler from 1933 to 1941.
Rudolf Hess was born April 26, 1894, in Cairo, Egypt, eldest son of Fritz H. Hess and Klara Münch.
In 1927 Hess married Ilse Pröhl, and one son, Wolf Rüdiger, was born in 1937.
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 Rudolf Hess
Hess announced that it was the task of the Foreign Organization to organize all persons of the German race who lived abroad and to turn them into active Nazi supporters, thus making them subservient to the purposes of the conspiracy.
Hess was also in control of all other semi-official organizations associated with the Foreign Organization in fifth-column work among foreign citizens of German ancestry, for the purpose of gaining foreign support for the conspiracy.
Hess himself guided the subversive foreign groups which he had created until the day when the conspirators were ready to annex the countries which they had undermined.
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 Hess, Walter Rudolf
Walter Rudolf Hess was born in Frauenfeld, East Switzerland, on March 17, 1881.
The scientific interests of Professor Hess were primarily directed towards haemodynamics and, in connection with this, the regulation of respiration.
It had already occurred earlier to Hess that in the experiments on diencephalic stimulation modes of behaviour were occasionally evident in the experimental animal, which suggested a manifestation of psychic powers.
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 The Inside Story of the Hess Flight
Hess was consigned to the limbo of hush-hush and all attempts to probe the craziest episode of the war were resolutely suppressed.
Far from being a surprise, the arrival of Hess was expected by a limited number of Britishers, the outlines of his mission were known in advance, and the Nazi leader actually had an RAF escort in the final stage of his air journey.
Hess was not told of Churchill's decision and was permitted to assume that his proposals were under ardent discussion.
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 Walter Rudolf Hess. Surgeon, physiologist, and Nobel prize   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Walter Rudolf Hess was born in Switzerland on March 17, 1881.
He was a talented ophthalmologist that devised an apparatus for the oculomotor coordination exam for patients with strabismus.
Hess was one of the great European physiologists who performed notorious investigations concerning the effect of altitude on the body, hemodynamics and the respiration mechanisms.
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 Hess, Walter Rudolf
Originally an ophthalmologist (1906-12), Hess turned to the study of physiology at the University of Bonn and was appointed professor of physiology and later director of the Physiological Institute (1917-51) at the University of Zürich.
He became interested in the study of the autonomic nervous system--those nerves originating at the base of the brain and extending throughout the spinal cord that control the automatic functions such as digestion and excretion.
Using fine electrodes to stimulate or destroy specific areas of the brain in cats and dogs, Hess found that the seat of autonomous function lies at the base of the brain, in the medulla oblongata and the diencephalon (interbrain), particularly that part of the interbrain known as the hypothalamus.
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 Geometry.Net - Nobel: Hess Walter Rudolf
walter rudolf hess was born in Frauenfeld, East Switzerland, on scientific interestsof Professor hess were primarily accorded distinction by the nobel Prize.
Extractions: Walter Rudolf Hess was born in Frauenfeld, East Switzerland, on March 17, 1881.
hess, walter rudolf, 1949, physiology/medicine, Switzerland, discovery offunction of interbrain, hesse, Hermann, 1946, literature, Switzerland, novelist.
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 Walter Rudolf Hess --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Using fine electrodes to stimulate or destroy specific areas of the brain in cats and dogs, Hess mapped the control centres for each function to such a degree that he could bring about the physical behaviour pattern of a cat confronted by a dog simply by stimulating the proper points on the cat's hypothalamus.
Austrian-born U.S. pianist Rudolf Serkin was a keyboard virtuoso renowned for his intensity, superb technique, and unsentimental interpretations, both as a soloist and as a chamber musician.
Biographical sketches of Walter Rudolf Hess of Switzerland and Antonio Caetano De Abreu Freire Egas Moniz of Portugal.
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 Walter Rudolf Hess - Wikipedia
Hess WR: Das Zwischenhirn und die Regulation von Kreislauf und Atmung.
Hess WR: Die funktionelle Organisation des vegetativen Nervensystems.
Informationen der Nobelstiftung zur Preisverleihung 1949 für Walter Rudolf Hess (englisch)
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 Rudolf Hess
Hess' surrounding himself with "clairvoyants and astrologers" is mentioned, as well has his interest in "horoscopes and the semi-occult" and his personal fortune-teller.
Hess] is of the opinion that if one wants to preserve one aspect — like biodynamic agriculture — one cannot in any way separate it from its scientific basis and its scientific reinforcements, that is, from the work set down in Rudolf Steiner’s books and the Rudolf Steiner schools.” (pp.
Hess was fairly selective about the groups and individuals that he favored, and he did not shy away from going to bat for them in the face of sometimes intense opposition from other Nazi leaders.
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 Hess -- Hess is een historisch merk van motorfietsen. Maschinenfabrik Vale...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Hess -- Hess is een historisch merk van motorfietsen.
Rudolf Walter Richard Hess (26 april 1894 - 17 augustus 1987) was een Duitse nationaal-socialistisch politicus en een van de naaste medewerkers van dictator Adolf Hitler.
Rudolf Hess moest vermoord worden, omdat het gevaar bestond dat Gorbatchev hem zou vrijlaten en daarna openbaar zou worden dat Hess aan de geallieerden had voorgesteld het Jodenvraagstuk van Hitler op te lossen door de zogenaamde Madagascar-variant; waardoor de Holocaust...
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 Hess, Orvan Walter --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
German born U.S. orchestra conductor Bruno Walter was known for his interpretations of the works of composers of the Viennese school, especially Gustav Mahler and Anton Bruckner.
The English critic and man of letters Walter Raleigh was a prominent figure at the University of Oxford in his time.
One of the most successful publishers in the United States, Walter Annenberg amassed much of his multi-billion dollar fortune by introducing a small magazine about television at the dawn of that medium's golden age.
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 Antonio Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz (www.whonamedit.com)
Hess (Zurich University) won the prize "for his discovery of the functional organization of the interbrain as a coordinator of the activities of the internal organs".
Here he redirected his attention to neurological research and in the years from 1927 to 1937 introduced and developed the idea of utilizing X-rays as a method of making visible the blood vessels of the brain, and to locate brain tumors.
When he entered neurology, the method by which physicians attempted to use the still new technique of X-raying to locate intracranial tumors was the one developed by the American neurosurgeon Walter Edward Dandy (1886-1946), involving the injection of air into the brain cavities.
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 Buy Hess, Myra: Hess Recordings 1928-46, Myra Hess In Concert, 1949-1960, A Vignette, Mozart: Concerto KV 449; Brahms: ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The famous images of Dame Myra Hess defying German bombs during World War II to organize National Gallery concerts or play in the shelters during the raids have become iconic for a time when music making really seemed a matter of life or death.
But as integral a part of her time as she was, Hess also managed to distance herself from its penchant for extravagant, juicy, romantic style; she actually anticipated something of the 'objective' stance to come from keyboard artists in the future.
Hess was also a commanding Beethoven interpreter, with special insights into the late sonatas.
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 martinls206 / Personal WBS Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Walter Richard Rudolf Hess was born at Alexandria, Egypt in 1894.
Hess pleaded the cause of the Anglo-German peace.
Hess was temporarily imprisoned in the Tower of London.
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 Walter Rudolf Hess -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Walter Rudolf Hess -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
From 1917 to 1951, he served as professor and director of the Department of the Physiological Institute at the University of Zurich.
Hess died in (additional info and facts about Locarno, Switzerland) Locarno, Switzerland.
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 Hess - yourDictionary.com - American Heritage Dictionary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
When Hitler became chancellor (1933), he named Hess as deputy führer and later (1939) as second in succession to the Nazi leadership.
In May 1941 Hess was captured in Scotland, where he had flown apparently in a bid to start peace talks with Britain.
At the Nuremburg trials (1946) he was sentenced to life imprisonment in Spandau Prison, Berlin, for war crimes.
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 ANONYMOUS: The Inside Story of the Hess Flight
On 10 May 1941, Rudolf Hess made his daring flight from Germany to Britain in a vain bid to stop the tragic conflict between two nations he admired and loved.
It is well known that Hess made this unprecedented move to impress on Britain's war leaders just how earnestly Germany desired peace.
"I am Rudolf Hess." And he indicated that his visit was being expected by influential Englishmen - a statement that was truer than he as yet suspected.
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 Rudolf Hess
Hess, Rudolf, 1894–1987, German National Socialist leader, b.
Hess created a worldwide sensation when he stole an airplane and flew (May, 1941) from Augsburg to Scotland (where he was arrested), apparently in an attempt to negotiate a peace agreement with Great Britain.
Walter Rudolf Hess - Hess, Walter Rudolf, 1881–1973, Swiss physiologist.
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 harry hess and the hurricanes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Hess, (Walter Richard) Rudolf (1894-1987) (The Hutchinson Encyclopedia)...
Harry Hess (1960s) proposed that these convection cells acted as conveyor belts.
Harry Hess (1906—1969) Father of seafloor spreading and a seminal tectonic...
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 Zagazig bei eLexi - das Onlinelexikon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Walter Maxfield Lea (1874-1936) was a Prince Edward Island politician.
A farmer and livestock breeder by profession, Lea was elected to the provincial House of Assembly in 1915 as a Liberal and
Walter Varney was the founder of Varney Airlines, based in Boise, Idaho.
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 Rudolf Hess - Photo Gallery
Issue of the Daily News proclamating arrival of Rudolf Hess and Czech pilots.
The Memorial Stone which was erected by Britains in memoria of flight of Rudolf Hess
The Executive Board of the Freedom for Rudolf Hess' Support Society on the occasion or a protest demonstration in Bonn 1972.
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 Rudolf Hess --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Rudolf Hess --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
He was given a life sentence at the Nürnberg trials, and from 1966 he was the sole inmate at Spandau prison.
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