On this date, May 2, 1945, one of Hitler’s Henchman, Martin Bormann was contested to be killed, he was later tried in absentia in the Nuremberg Trials. I will post information about him from Wikipedia.
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Martin Bormann in 1934 |
Party Minister of the National Socialist German Workers' Party | |
In office 30 April – 2 May 1945 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Chief of the Parteikanzlei | |
In office 12 May 1941 – 2 May 1945 | |
Preceded by | Rudolf Hess (as Deputy Führer) |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Personal Secretary to the Führer | |
In office 12 April 1943 – 30 April 1945 | |
Personal Secretary to the Deputy Führer | |
In office July 1933 – 12 May 1941 | |
Reichsleiter | |
In office October 1933 – 2 May 1945 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Martin Bormann 17 June 1900 Wegeleben, Prussia, Germany |
Died | 2 May 1945 (aged 44) (Contested) |
Nationality | German |
Political party | National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) |
Spouse(s) | Gerda Buch (married on 2 September 1929) |
Children | Adolf Martin Bormann Ilse Bormann Irmgard Bormann Rudolf Gerhard Bormann Heinrich Hugo Bormann Eva Ute Bormann Gerda Bormann Fred Hartmut Bormann Volker Bormann |
Martin Bormann(17 June 1900 – 2 May 1945) was a prominent Nazi official. He became head of the Party Chancellery(Parteikanzlei) and private secretary to Adolf Hitler. He was almost always at his Führer's side. Hitler typically did not issue written orders, but gave them verbally at meetings or in phone conversations; he also had Bormann convey orders. He gained Hitler's trust and derived immense power within the Third Reich by using his position to control the flow of information and access to Hitler. Bormann earned many enemies, including Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Göring, Heinrich Himmler, Alfred Rosenberg, Robert Ley, Hans Frank, and Albert Speer.