Was fluent in German, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Italian, Turkish and
Swahili. Once once sentenced to death by Ugandan dictator
Idi Amin. It
took two British envoys who brought an appeal from
Queen Elizabeth II
to spare Hills' life. They were forced to crawl on their knees through
a low entrance to a hut where Amin received them. His life was spared
one day before his scheduled execution.
