About the author

Andrey Plotnikov

Andrey Nikolaevich Plotnikov was a warder from the USSR at the Spandau Allied Prison at the time when Rudolf Hess died there. Based on knowledge of the internal life, routine and features of the prison regime, staff relationships, as well as on the basis of a large number of documents, the author conducted a detailed historical investigation that sheds light on the events of 1987, disputes about which have been dragging on for more than thirty years.

Former Soviet warder of the Spandau Allied Prison (West Berlin, 1986 – 1987).

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