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Rudolph Hess recouperated here – Scotland’s Buchanan Castle

Rudolph Hess?  Yes!  After his flight from the Third Reich to Scotland, Hess was interned in Buchanan Castle which by then had been requisitioned by the army to use as a military hospital.

This is what the castle looked like in the 1890s…

…and driving toward it, one could for a moment be forgiven for thinking it still was a stately home…

…until one gets closer…………

…and leaving the estate, was surprised to find, standing in a field…

~ Bella

 

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