Desmond Zwar

Who is Desmond Zwar?

Desmond Zwar is an author and a veteran reporter from Melbourne Australia, he formerly worked for the Border Morning Mail in Albury, New South Wales, The Herald, Melbourne, Desmond went on to work as a reporter, foreign correspondent, feature writer and latterly acting Features Editor of the London Daily Mail for 11 years. As of 1999 he resides in Beechworth Australia.

He is most famous for conducting an interview over several years with imprisoned Nazi leader Rudolf Hess. This caused international consternation at the time as Desmond eventually persuaded Hess to admit that he had been part of the planning team for the invasion of the Soviet Union. This is what had convinced him to try at the last moment to seek an alliance with Britain against Bolshevism and parachute into Scotland in 1941.

His son Adam Zwar is an actor in Australia.

He studied at Scotch College Melbourne Australia, and graduated in 1949.