Martin Bormann

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Martin Bormann was a powerful Nazi official who served as Adolf Hitler’s private secretary and head of the Nazi Party Chancellery, wielding significant influence within the Third Reich.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf German politician
Nazi official
human
war criminal
associatedWith Third Reich leadership
burialPlace Berlin
child Martin Adolf Bormann Jr.
closeTo Adolf Hitler
convictedBy International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg
convictedOf crimes against humanity
war crimes
countryOfCitizenship German Empire
Nazi Germany
Weimar Republic
dateOfBirth 1900-06-17
dateOfDeath 1945-05-02
education agricultural training
employer Nazi Party Chancellery
Office of the Führer
familyName Bormann
fullName Martin Ludwig Bormann
givenName Martin
ideology Nazism
mannerOfDeath killed in action
suicide (disputed historically)
memberOf Nazi Party
memberOfPoliticalParty National Socialist German Workers' Party
militaryRank Reichsleiter
notableFor administration of Nazi Party affairs
controlling access to Adolf Hitler
wielding significant influence within the Third Reich
numberOfChildren 10
occupation civil servant
politician
participantIn Nazi regime
World War II
placeOfBirth German Empire
Province of Saxony
Wegeleben
placeOfDeath Berlin
Nazi Germany
positionHeld Adolf Hitler's private secretary
Chief of the Parteikanzlei
Head of the Nazi Party Chancellery
Secretary to the Führer
posthumousEvent identity confirmed by DNA testing in 1998
remains discovered in Berlin in 1972
previousConviction 1924 conviction for complicity in murder of Walther Kadow
religion anti-Christian views
residence Berlin
Obersalzberg
sentence death in absentia at Nuremberg Trials
spouse Gerda Bormann
subordinateTo Adolf Hitler


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