Top Nazi Rudolf Hess exhumed from 'pilgrimage' grave

[Growler]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Hess did transcribe and edit Mein Kampf and was Hitler's #2, he was definitely responsible for helping plan a war of aggression and conspiracy to commit war crimes.

And was out of the picture in 41, where the SS had three more years to carry on, with the consequences far out of proportion to Hess' sentence.

I'm not calling into queston Hess's guilt. Rather, I'm curious as to the disparity in sentencing.