Rudolf Hess, and WWII German military leaders surrendering, Germany, 1945

Prior to his flight to Britain in 1941, Deputy Führer of the Nazi Party Rudolf Hess shakes hands with several German military officers. Followed by post-V-E Day footage of German Air Marshal Hermann Göring shown surrendering to Allied officials, and handing over his gun and holster. Later, Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, now also a captive of the Allies, stands outside a building in front of the camera. Germany, 1945. Hermann Wilhelm Göring was a German politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal. He was one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party, which governed Germany from 1933 to 1945. A veteran World War I fighter pilot ace, Göring was a recipient of the Pour le Mérite.Rudolf Walter Richard Hess was a German politician and a leading member of the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany. Appointed Deputy Führer to Adolf Hitler in 1933, Hess held that position until 1941, when he flew solo to Scotland in an attempt to negotiate the United Kingdom's exit from the Second World War.Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt was a German Generalfeldmarschall in the Heer of Nazi Germany during World War II. Born into a Prussian family with a long military tradition, von Rundstedt entered the Prussian Army in 1892. During World War I, he served mainly as a staff officer. Colorized content.