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.

Early life

Born in Wegeleben (near Halberstadt), Germany the son of a post-office employee, Bormann dropped out of school to work on a farm in Mecklenburg. After serving briefly at the end of World War I, Bormann joined the Freikorps in Mecklenburg.

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Wegeleben - Halberstadt - Germany - Post-office - Mecklenburg - World War I - Freikorps

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In March 1924 he received a one-year sentence as an accomplice to his friend Rudolf Höss in the brutal murder of Walther Kadow (who may have 'betrayed' Leo Schlageter to the French in the Ruhr).

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1924 - Rudolf Höss - Walther Kadow - Leo Schlageter - French - Ruhr

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