Rudolf Hess The summerhouse: The crime scene      | Curriculum Vitae | | Archive | Downloads | Links | Books | Miscellaneous | e-mail | Home |   The following pictures were taken on 17th August 1987, after Rudolf Hess had been taken to the British Military Hospital. They show the summerhouse in the garden of the prison and the electric cord, with which Hess supposedly hanged himself at the window handle. The only eyewitness report to the incident in the summerhouse is the affidavit of Abdallah Melaouhi, the male nurse of Rudolf Hess. In point 4 of his affidavit, Mr. Melaouhi describes, what he saw, when he entered the summerhouse: "When I entered the summerhouse, the scene was like a wrestling match had taken place; the entire place was in confusion. The straw tiled mat which covered the floor was in disarray, although only the day before I had cleaned the floor and had left the straw tiled mat carefully arranged in its usual place. A tall lamp had fallen over, but I clearly remember that the cable attached to the lamp was still connected to the main socket. It was this lamp cable which the authorities later said that Mr Hess had used to hang himself. ..."     In point 5, he continues: "The body of Mr Hess was lying on the floor of the summerhouse, apparently lifeless. Near to his body stood two soldiers dressed in US Army uniforms. I had never seen either soldier before. I also saw an American guard, whom I knew as a Mr Tony Jordan. There was no cable anywhere near the body of Mr Hess; as I have said, the only cable was attached to the fallen lamp which was still plugged into the wall."     The above picture shows the broken 1st aid kit on the floor, to the right the oxygen appliance and the cable attached to the window handle. In point 7 of the affidavit, one can read: "... I told him [the guard] to bring the emergency case (which contained a first aid kit) and the oxygen appliance, while I commenced artificial respiration. When Jordan returned with the equipment, I noticed that he had first taken the opportunity to change his clothes. The equipment which he brought had clearly been interfered with. The seal on the emergency case had been broken open and its contents were in a state of disorder. The intubation instrument set had no battery and the tube was perforated. Further, the oxygen appliance had no oxygen in it. Yet when I had checked the emergency case and the oxygen appliance that same morning, as part of my normal duties, I am certain that both had been in full working order."     Close-up picture of the 1st aid kit on the floor. Take a look at the loop, it is a simple knot ! Again, an excerpt from the eyewitness´s affidavit, point 10: "During the five years in which I daily cared for Mr Hess, I was able to obtain a clear and accurate impression of his physical capabilities. I do not consider, given his physical condition, that it would have been possible for Mr Hess to have committed suicide in the manner later published by the Allied powers. He had neither the strength nor the mobility to place an electric flex around his neck, knot it and either hang or strangle himself. ... Most significantly, his hands were crippled with arthritis; he was not able, for example, to tie his shoelaces. I consider that he was incapable of the degree of manual dexterity necessary to manipulate the electric flex as suggested. Further, he was not capable of lifting his arms above his shoulders; it is therefore in my view not possible that he was able to attach the electric flex to the window catch from which he is alleged to have suspended himself." | Curriculum Vitae | | Archive | Downloads | Links | Books | Miscellaneous | e-mail | Home |     © 2000 - 2003 by RH Internet Services