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Martin Ludwig Bormann (17 June 1900 in Halberstadt – 2 May 1945 in Berlin) was a German politician and member of the Nazi Party. He was the private secretary of Adolf Hitler. He was also a member of Hitler's Cabinet.
In 1923, he took part in the Munich putsch. At this time, he became one of Hitler's closet advisors.[1] Because he took part in a murder, he was convicted to one year in prison in 1924 by the German Staatsgerichtshof.[2] In May 1941, he became a Reichsminister. This was because Rudolf Hess' flight to Scotland.[1] In 1943, he became Hitler's private secretary.[2] At the Nuremberg Trials, Bormann was convicted to death in 1946. This happened while he was not there.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Bormann, Martin from Chambers Biographical Dictionary". credoreference.com. 2011 [last update]. http://www.credoreference.com/entry/chambbd/bormann_martin. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Martin Bormann". Spiegel Online (Hamburg: SpiegelNet GmbH). http://www.spiegel.de/lexikon/54280193.html. Retrieved July 28, 2011. "Staatsgerichtshof".
- ↑ "Bormann, Martin (1900 to 45) from Chambers Dictionary of World History". credoreference.com. 2011 [last update]. http://www.credoreference.com/entry/chambdictwh/bormann_martin_1900_to_45. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
Other websites
- "Martin Bormann (1900-1945)". shoa.de. 2011 [last update]. http://www.shoa.de/drittes-reich/biographien/103-martin-bormann-1900-1945.html. Retrieved July 28, 2011. (German)
- "Biographie: Martin Bormann, 1900-1945". dhm.de. 2011 [last update]. http://www.dhm.de/lemo/html/biografien/BormannMartin/index.html. Retrieved July 28, 2011. (German)
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