On
this date, May 2, 1945, one of Hitler’s Henchman, Martin Bormann was contested
to be killed, he was later tried in absentia in the Nuremberg Trials. I will
post information about him from Wikipedia.
Party
Minister of the National Socialist German Workers' Party
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In
office
30 April – 2 May 1945 |
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Preceded by
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Position established
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Succeeded by
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Position abolished
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Chief
of the Parteikanzlei
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In
office
12 May 1941 – 2 May 1945 |
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Preceded by
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Rudolf Hess (as Deputy Führer)
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Succeeded by
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Position abolished
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Personal
Secretary to the Führer
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In
office
12 April 1943 – 30 April 1945 |
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Personal
Secretary to the Deputy Führer
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In
office
July 1933 – 12 May 1941 |
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Reichsleiter
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In
office
October 1933 – 2 May 1945 |
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Personal
details
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Born
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Martin Bormann
17 June 1900 Wegeleben, Prussia, Germany |
Died
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2 May 1945 (aged 44) (Contested)
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Nationality
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German
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Political party
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National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP)
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Spouse(s)
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Gerda Buch
(married on 2 September 1929) |
Children
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Adolf Martin Bormann
Ilse Bormann Irmgard Bormann Rudolf Gerhard Bormann Heinrich Hugo Bormann Eva Ute Bormann Gerda Bormann Fred Hartmut Bormann Volker Bormann |
Martin Bormann
(17 June 1900 – 2 May 1945) was a prominent Nazi official. He became head
of the Party Chancellery (Parteikanzlei) and
private secretary to Adolf Hitler. He was almost always at his Führer's
side. Hitler typically did not issue written orders, but gave them verbally at
meetings or in phone conversations; he also had Bormann convey orders. He
gained Hitler's trust and derived immense power within the Third Reich by using
his position to control the flow of information and access to Hitler. Bormann
earned many enemies, including Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Göring, Heinrich
Himmler, Alfred Rosenberg, Robert Ley, Hans Frank, and Albert Speer.
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