Ilse Hess
| Ilse Hess | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Ilse Pröhl 22 June 1900 |
| Died | 7 September 1995 (aged 95) |
| Education | University of Munich |
| Notable work | England – Nürnberg – Spandau. Ein Schicksal in Briefen (1952) |
| Spouse(s) | Rudolf Hess |
| Children | Wolf Rüdiger Hess |
| Parent(s) | Friedrich Pröhl Elsa Meineke Pröhl |
Ilse Hess, née Pröhl (22 June 1900 – 7 September 1995) was the wife of Rudolf Hess. After World War II she became a well-known author.
Ilse Pröhl came from a nationalist conservative family. She was one of three daughters of the wealthy physician and doctor Friedrich Pröhl and his wife Elsa (nee Meineke). Friedrich was killed in the Kapp Putsch. Her mother then married artist Carl Horn, director of the Bremen Art Museum.
Ilse met Rudolf Hess in April 1920 in Munich. She was one of the first women to study at the University of Munich. In 1921, she joined the NSDAP (Nazi Party) for the first time, and again after the ban and the new registration, in 1925 (member number 25,071). She felt drawn to Rudolf Hess from the beginning, but Hess was reluctant to enter into a relationship. Ilse introduced Hess to Adolf Hitler, who liked to travel in the circles of well-to-do ladies. Hitler finally gave the impetus to the marriage, which took place on 20 December 1927 in Munich. Hitler was also the godfather of her only child, Wolf Rüdiger Hess, who was born on 18 November 1937. After Rudolf Hess's flight to Scotland, Ilse left Munich with her son Wolf Rüdiger to live in Hindelang.
On 3 June 1947, Ilse Hess, like all the wives of the war criminals condemned or executed during the Nuremberg trials, was arrested and transferred to the internment camp in Augsburg-Göggingen. On 24 March 1948 she was released again and settled down in the Allgäu, where she opened a pension in 1955.
Ilse Hess was a convinced National Socialist. Until her death, she remained loyal to Hitler and his views, and supported the Stille Hilfe after the war. Her 1952 book England – Nürnberg – Spandau. Ein Schicksal in Briefen was published by the far-right Druffel-Verlag. She maintained correspondence with, among others, Winifred Wagner, who was also unrepentant in her admiration of Hitler.
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