Martin Bormann
Martin Ludwig Bormann (17 June 1900 – 2 May 1945) was a Nazi 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 1927 he joined the Nazi Party and later joined the Schutzstaffel in 1937 and was ranked as SS-Gruppenfuhrer,until he became SS-Obergruppenfuhrer in 1942 . 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 after 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]
Martin Bormann Media
Bormann (behind and to Hitler's right) on the Old Bridge, Maribor, Slovenia, April 1941
17 October 1946 newsreel of Nuremberg trials sentencing
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Bormann, Martin from Chambers Biographical Dictionary". credoreference.com. 2011. 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. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
Other websites
- "Martin Bormann (1900-1945)". shoa.de. 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2011. (German)
- "Biographie: Martin Bormann, 1900-1945". dhm.de. 2011. Archived from the original on August 6, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2011. (German)