Hess's Childhood and Education

~birth:April 26, 1894 , death: August 17,1987

~ the oldest of three children

~ born in Alexandria, Egypt

~ went to a German language Protestant school in Alexandria from 1900-1908

~ in 1908, he was sent to Germany to study at a boarding school in Bad Godesburg

~ visited Germany a lot as a kid; had a summer home in Reicholdsgrün in the Fichtel Mountains

~ his father wanted him to join the family business, Hess & Co.