Martin Bormann

Martin Bormann (June 17, 1900 – May 2, 1945) was a prominent German National Socialist official who became head of the Party Chancellery (Parteikanzlei) and Private Secretary to Adolf Hitler, gaining his trust and deriving immense power within the Third Reich by controlling access to the Nazi dictator.

Bormann's children

Martin Bormann and his wife Gerda (who died of cancer in 1946) had ten children together, all of whom survived the war. Most were cared for anonymously in foster homes. His oldest son Martin became a Catholic priest who spoke out forcefully against Nazi abuses.

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