Bormann Martin: The secrets of his biography

"Secretary of the Devil", "Brown Eminence", a man who was constantly behind the throne of the Fuhrer, who was his second "I", his shadow is Martin Bormann.

History knows this "evil genius" as one of the most important Nazi leaders, as the most mysterious and least public figure, who deliberately avoided publicity and despised awards, ranks and public recognition.

Youth

The son of Theodore Borman, an ordinary postal worker, was born on June 17, 1900. At the age of 18 he was drafted into the army, then participated in the First World War. Apparently, Martin Bormann did not like military affairs, since he served as a regular orderly: he served coffee, wore suitcases with other people's property, and cleaned his boots. Although boasted that he was an ordinary in the artillery regiment, which allegedly has documentary evidence. Being a lover of village life and bearing the dream of becoming a competent farmer, he graduated from the agricultural specialists after demobilization, having managed to join the anti-Semitic organization during the period of training.

After graduation, Martin got a job as an inspector in the von Troijenfels manor, who was in charge of the local ultra-right organization, where he fully demonstrated his abilities as an office clerk. Having high salaries, Bormann secretly traded stolen from the estate and was once caught "in a hot" school teacher, Walter Kadov. Teachers Borman Martin and his friend killed, for which they fell in the dock. For unknown reasons, the crime was declared unintentional, and Bormann was sentenced to 11 months imprisonment, after serving out, he returned to the old place of service as a hero who was punished for justice.

The prison experience of Bormann

The thieving, speculative activity once again carried him away, which did not stop Bormann from manifesting himself in politics. Even before the conviction, he joined the DNPF - one of the influential parties in Germany, and in 1922 he was in the brigade of the militants G. Rossbach. Having come to the conclusion that it is too tight for him, since he does not go further than drunk gatherings with the tearful cursing of the government, seriously interested in the ideas of Nazism, Bormann went home, where he joined Frontontanne, the illegal military organization of SA storm troopers.

In 1927, Bormann joined the ranks of the NSDAP, became an assistant to the Gauleiter Fritz Zaukel, and later the head of the insurance department and the head of the economic department. In 1929, he married with Gerda Buch, the daughter of the chief judge of the Nazi Party.

Witnesses at the wedding were Rudolf Hess and Adolf Hitler. Bormanns became the parents of ten children, nine of whom survived. The first child after the godparent was named Adolf.

Martin Bormann as a family man

Mutual relations of the spouses caused bewilderment in the party circles - it was worth Martin whistling, and Gerda was at his feet. She did not in any way feel humiliated by her puppy devotion. She supported her husband in everything, even in relations with other women, the legal wife prompted and advised. Apparently, therefore, the connection between the spouses was very strong.

Up the career ladder

At the end of 1929, on the instructions of the Führer, Bormann Martin created and himself headed the National Socialist Automobile Corps. A successful debut was noticed, and in the early 1930s Bormann closely worked with Heinrich Himmler, successfully using the accumulated experience of recent speculations. For his fruitful and zealous activities, he was taken as a financier in the Imperial leadership. It was here that when solving money problems on a national scale, Bormann displayed diplomatic abilities that helped the acquisition of support for the fascist movement by respectable German manufacturers.

In Berchtesgaden, Bormann rebuilt the house of Hitler - Berghof (even registered at Bormann), and then he was its manager, assigning the solution of all financial issues to himself. The post of the Reichsleiter, General SS, the head of the apparatus of Rudolf Hess, the personal assistant of the Fuhrer - all these steps Bormann easily overcame in order to become necessary personally to Hitler. He was entrusted with the organization of party congresses, as well as such delicate work as carrying out "purges" in the apparatus of the NSDAP. For complete safety, Bormann, who had a hostile dislike of the "old fighters", joined the SS, which practically became the head of the NSDAP personnel policy. This allowed him to dispose of the fate of the Nazis at his own discretion. Dispatch of those unwanted to the front, resignation, slander, absurd accusations or approaching oneself - the life and career of subordinates were now in his hands.

Bormann's Attitude to Christianity

Bormann was so negative about Christianity that, in addition to the fierce persecution of the Church, officially withdrew from it. In 1937, he imposed a ban on the entry of people with a spiritual title into the Nazi Party, and in 1938 issued an order stating that for a true faith, the worldview of the National Socialists should be accepted. Even by all the favorite Christmas, Bormann and his wife (a fervent adherent of the views of the spouse) evoked unpleasant associations and strengthened the belief that none of their children would fall under the corrupting influence of the Christian faith.

Unfortunately, life was ordered differently - the children of Martin Bormann became Roman Catholics, and Adolf Martin, the eldest son, was a priest.

The irreplaceable personal assistant of the Fuehrer

In 1944, Bormann, who became absolutely necessary for Hitler and took part in every decision discussed, took the vacant position of the disloyal party Rudolf Hess. His appointment could be foreseen, but it was not welcomed by the Führer's entourage. Bormann was not fond of secret machinations, he was not familiar with the public, and his diligence aroused suspicion. As Hitler's personal secretary, he headed the Party Chancellery, concentrating all the levers of party power in his hands-a huge and comparable one, with the power of Stalin at the end of Lenin's life. Effective work of a huge bureaucratic mechanism was conditioned by such factors as:

• Titanic work capacity and Martin Bormann's energy;
• Its indispensability for the Fuhrer;
• Incessant vigilance;
• Constant interference in business;
• Total control of personnel reshuffles;
• Unremitting discipline requirements.

In the role of Secretary of the Fuhrer Bormann Martin was ideal - he guessed the wishes of his patron, faithfully, unobtrusively and uncomplainingly carried out all the orders of his leader, who was betrayed absolutely sincerely.

Clarity, clarity and brevity of reports with skillful selection of facts, artfully combined with threads of intrigue and deceit, almost always caused the Führer to take the decisions required by Bormann. While Martin Bormann enjoyed the favor of Hitler, no one even tried to throw him off the place, extracted by such hard work.

Bormann against the political elite

Yes, and Bormann Martin tried by any means to keep competitors at a distance, always keeping and correctly using the leading position. He achieved the fall of the authority of Goebbels, Himmler, Ribbentrop, Goering and other leaders of the Reich. However, the triumph of the "king of the party", as it was called by the enemies, was not lasting. The course of the war turned into an inexorably approaching catastrophe. August 10, 1944 at the initiative of Bormann in Strasbourg, representatives of heavy and military industry were gathered. The collections discussed the possibility of exporting "party gold" outside the country in order to save funds for the resumption of the Nazi movement in the coming of better times.

The last days are in sight

Shortly before his death, at the end of April 1945, Hitler appointed Bormann to an innovated post-Reichsminister for Party affairs.

After the failed negotiations with Zhukov about the truce, Goebbels's suicide Bormann decided to escape in any way, breaking out of the encircled Berlin. Since then, no one has seen him alive. I could only guess where Martin Bormann was missing. He could die, but the corpse was never found; Could run away, but then sooner or later some news would come about him. Due to the absence of a corpse in 1946, Bormann was sentenced in absentia by the Nuremberg Tribunal and sentenced to death.

Three lives of Martin Bormann

According to one version, Martin Bormann, taking the "gold of the party", fled to South America, where he became a large landowner.

The second version suggests that Martin Bormann is an agent of Soviet intelligence, who was recruited in 1939. April 29, 1945, having made sure of Hitler's death, he surrendered to the Soviet troops and secretly resided on the territory of the USSR. In 1972, he died and was buried in Lefortovo, in an ancient cemetery. This version is not confirmed by any evidence.

Biography of Bormann Martin in the third version, the most believable, puts an end to his life path on May 2, 1945. Apparently, the way that Bormann planned for the escape from Berlin was closed. Realizing the impossibility of salvation, he saw through the ampoule with cyanide. In 1972, when building tram rails, human bones were found in Berlin, supposedly recognized as the remains of Bormann. In 1998, DNA analysis, to which Martin Borman Jr. agreed, finally confirmed this. The ashes of Martin Bormann were scattered over the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea.

In the footsteps of Bormann

In the attempts to exhaustively learn about life, about the details of the disappearance and the further fate of the "right hand" of the Führer, many documentary films were filmed. From a number of many works it is possible to allocate:

• "Undisclosed secrets. Where and when Martin Bormann died. " The documentary raises several versions of the development of its future destiny. There is even the assumption that Bormann was abducted by British intelligence.
• "Martin Bormann. In search of the golden Nazis. " In this work, the director's team is trying to follow the path of the "elusive Nazi" in order to test any, even the most implausible versions of his disappearance.
• "Martin Bormann. The secretary of the devil. " This is Russian work. Here they are trying to truthfully show the audience who Martin Bormann was, whose biography ends with an ellipsis.