The Volkssturm had existed, on paper, since approximately 1925, however it was only after Hitler ordered Martin Bormann to recruit six million men for this militia that the group became a physical reality.

Goebbels was forced to ally himself with Göring to thwart a bid for power by Bormann, head of the Nazi Party Chancellery and Secretary to the Führer.

The alliance was shaky at best, mainly because during this period Himmler was still cooperating with Bormann to gain more power at the expense of Göring and most of the traditional Reich administration ; Göring's loss of power had resulted in an overindulgence in the trappings of power and his strained relations with Goebbels made it difficult for a unified coalition to be formed, despite the attempts of Speer and Göring's Luftwaffe deputy Field Marshal Erhard Milch, to reconcile the two Party comrades.

The result was that nothing was done – the Committee of Three declined into irrelevance due to the loss of power by Keitel and Lammers and the ascension of Bormann and the situation continued to drift, with administrative chaos increasingly undermining the war effort.

The fact that Himmler was Interior Minister only increased the power of Bormann, as the Gauleiters feared that Himmler, who was General Plenipotentiary for the Administration of the Reich, would curb their power and set up his higher SS and police leaders as their replacement.

Goebbels saw Himmler as a potential ally against Bormann and in 1944 is supposed to have voiced the opinion that if the Reichsführer-SS was granted control over the Wehrmacht and he, Goebbels, granted control over the domestic politics, the war would soon be ended in a victorious manner.

By this time, Goebbels had gained the position he had wanted so long – at the side of Hitler, albeit only because of his subservience to Bormann, who was the Führers de facto deputy.

Instead, Hitler appointed Goebbels Reich Chancellor ; Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz, who was at Flensburg near the Danish border, Reich President ; and Martin Bormann, Hitler's long-time chief of staff, Party Minister.

Gustloff was given a state funeral in his birthplace of Schwerin in Mecklenburg with Adolf Hitler, Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Göring, Heinrich Himmler, Martin Bormann and Joachim von Ribbentrop in attendance.

Soon after this, Hitler was made aware of the problem-by whom it is not clear, but it is probable that the matter had reached the ears of Martin Bormann, head of the Party Chancellery and Hitler's private secretary, who thought it his duty to inform Hitler that Goebbels had not told him the whole truth about the Grynszpan case.

Despite his failings, Ley retained Hitler's favour ; until the last months of the war he was part of Hitler's inner circle along with Martin Bormann and Joseph Goebbels.

In February 1941 he was present at a meeting along with Speer, Bormann and Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel at which Hitler had set out his views on the " Jewish question " at some length, making it clear that he intended the " disappearance " of the Jews one way or another.

" No One is Innocent " was released as a single in the UK and reached # 6 on the British singles charts, with the sleeve showing Martin Bormann playing bass with the group ( in actuality this was American actor James Jeter ).

For his " ethnic reservation ," Heinrich Himmler " lobbied to save a handful of pure-blooded Roma ," but was opposed by Martin Bormann, who favored deportation for all Roma.

Due to his position, Speer was able to describe the personalities of many Nazi officials, including Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Göring, Heinrich Himmler, Rudolf Hess, Martin Bormann and, of course, Adolf Hitler himself.

Historical examples of a " power behind the throne " include Diego Portales of Chile ; Martin Bormann of Nazi Germany ; General Hideki Tōjō of Japan, who was influential in the military's actions leading up to World War II and later became Prime Minister of Japan in 1941.

Martin Bormann was referred to as the Brown Eminence, brown referring to the brown uniform of the Nazi Party.

He was joined by his senior staff, Martin Bormann, and later, Eva Braun and Joseph Goebbels with Magda and their six children, who took residence in the upper Vorbunker.

Bormann was the head of the Nazi Party Chancellery ( Parteikanzlei ) and Hitler's private secretary.

During World War II he was Reich defence commissioner for the Kassel district ( Reichsverteidigungskommissar Wehrkreis IX ) before being appointed General Plenipotentiary for Labour Deployment ( Generalbevollmächtigter für den Arbeitseinsatz ) on 21 March 1942, on the recommendation of Martin Bormann.

Both episodes had Rollin Hand ( played by Jewish actor Martin Landau ) impersonate a leading Nazi figure – Martin Bormann in one case – in a successful effort to stop the revival.

* Albert Bormann ( 1902 – 1989 ), German Nazi party adjutant to Adolf Hitler.

* Martin Bormann ( 1900 – 1945 ), German Nazi party official

" working sphere ", a name for the party cadre organisation outside the Reich proper ) was established in the civilian-administered parts of the occupied Soviet territories, whereupon Koch and Lohse gradually ceased communication with Rosenberg, preferring to deal directly with Hitler through Martin Bormann and the Party Chancellery.

This position gave him extensive power of patronage within the Nazi Party as Bormann often left appointments to party positions to Klopfer and Friedrichs.

Bormann used his position to restrict access to Hitler for his own benefit and, supported by deputies like Albert Hoffmann, Gerhard Klopfer and Helmuth Friedrichs, to further party influence in areas such as armaments and manpower.

When Frank unsuccessfully attempted to resign his position on 24 August 1942, Nazi Party Secretary Martin Bormann tried to advance a project to dissolve the General Government altogether and partition its territory into a number of Reichsgaue, arguing that only this method could guarantee the territory's Germanization, while also claiming that it could also be economically exploited more effectively, particularly as a source of food.

Hitler gradually adopted a more uncompromising and intolerant stance, probably under the growing influence of ideologues such as Bormann, Rosenberg and Himmler, who were loath to entertain any idea of the new Germany having a Christian foundation even in a token form.

The ODESSA itself was incidental, says Manning, with the continuing existence of the Bormann Organization a much larger and more menacing fact.

Built in the middle of a protecting forest, and located far from major roads, the complex occupied more than and consisted of three separate security zones, the most important of which was Sperrkreis 1 ( Security Zone 1 ), in which was located the Führer Bunker and concrete shelters of members of the inner circle such as Hermann Göring, Martin Bormann, OKW chief Wilhelm Keitel and " chief of operations " OKW Alfred Jodl.

At her trial, Bormann said she had joined the Auxiliary SS in 1938 " to earn more money ".

The unsuccessful attempt to find a full-time vocalist led to Bormann becoming the new frontman of Bonfire in March 1993.

However, Göring sent a telegram on 23 April, asking permission to take over the leadership of the Reich — an act that Hitler, under the prodding of Martin Bormann, interpreted as a demand to step down or face a coup.

Bormann exploited the disaster at Stalingrad, and his daily access to Hitler, to persuade him to create a three-man junta representing the State, the Army, and the Party, represented respectively by Hans Lammers, head of the Reich Chancellery, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, chief of the OKW ( armed forces high command ), and Bormann, who controlled the Party and access to the Führer.

Geoff Taylor's 1966 novel, Court Of Honor, features the Fehme being revived by a German officer and Martin Bormann ( a featured character in other semi-historical novels with post-war ' Nazi underground ' themes ) in the dying days of the Third Reich.

Hitler's Traitor: Martin Bormann and the Defeat of the Reich.

Meanwhile, Bormann wired to German Admiral Karl Dönitz: " Reich Chancellery a heap of rubble.

On the third break-out attempt from the Reich Chancellery, made around 01: 00 ( 2 May ), Bormann managed to cross the Spree.

After Hess ' flight to the United Kingdom in 1941, Bormann on May 12 was appointed head of the renamed Party Chancellery in the rank of a Reich Minister after the Führer had publicly stripped Hess of his offices.

Baur and Bormann left the Reich Chancellery as part of one of the groups.

Goebbels, Speer, Göring and Himmler all saw this proposal as a power grab by Bormann and a threat to their power, and combined to block it.

Bormann and his puppet Lammers, keen to retain their control over the Party and State administrations respectively, placed endless obstacles in Goebbels ’ s way.

Schlageter was arrested and executed on 26 May 1923 ; soon afterwards Höss and several accomplices, including Martin Bormann, took their revenge on Kadow.

Leaving the rest of their group, Bormann, Stumpfegger, and Axmann walked along railroad tracks to Lehrter station.

When he encountered a Red Army patrol, Axmann doubled back and later insisted he had seen the bodies of Bormann and Stumpfegger near the railroad switching yard ( Stettiner Bahnhof ) with moonlight clearly illuminating their faces.

Hitler, two secretaries, and his personal cook then had lunch, after which Hitler and Eva Braun said their personal farewells to members of the Führerbunker staff and fellow occupants, including the Goebbels family, Martin Bormann, the secretaries, and several military officers.

As the two corpses caught fire, a small group, including Bormann, Günsche, Linge, Goebbels, Peter Högl, Ewald Lindloff, and Hans Reisser, raised their arms in salute as they stood just inside the bunker doorway.

Bormann, prankishly pictured as the band's uniformed bass player on the 12 " pressing, is also mentioned in Biggs ' recording of the earlier Pistols song " Belsen Was A Gas ", another song which makes light of the Holocaust (" No One is Innocent ", while calling Brady " horrible ", dismisses the Nazis as " they wasn't being wicked / it was their idea of fun ").

Joseph Goebbels, Albert Speer, Hermann Göring and Heinrich Himmler all saw this proposal as a power grab by Bormann and Lammers and a threat to their positions, and combined to block it.

Gomila G usually performed as an opening act for Pekinška Patka, and their appearance at the Celebration of the World War II liberation of Stepanovićevo in 1979, where the band performed the song " God Save Martin Bormann " and Čonkić of Pekinška Patka blown condoms on stage, made the media turn against the two bands, even asking their banning of public appearance.

Baldo quickly explains Ernest G. Bormann ’ s idea of fantasy-themed criticism to include “ first, that a person ’ s reality is created by communication and language, and second, that this communication can create a “ shared reality ” among many participants … allows them to see themselves as heroes or villains and their actions as just or unjust ” ( Foss qtd.

For instance, he claims that the Jews lost their German citizenship by the Nuremberg laws, while actually this was due to Hans Globke's collaboration with Martin Bormann in changing the citizenship legislation late

Backed by experts, such as Professor Hank Nelson ( an eminent historian on the Second World War in PNG ), reporter Trevor Bormann stated: " When Federal Cabinet was told of the hangings, it put a stop to them and directed that another fifty Papuans on death row should not face the noose .... Then in their explanation of what happened, field commanders fudged the figures on the number of men who had already been hanged.

As the two corpses caught fire, a small group, including Bormann, Linge, Otto Günsche, Peter Högl, Ewald Lindloff, Hans Reisser and Joseph Goebbels raised their arms in Nazi salute as they stood just inside the bunker doorway, thus attempting to keep Hitler ’ s corpse from being captured by the Soviet Red Army ; as the Führer had commanded.

Bormann and his companion, Dr. Ludwig Stumpfegger, were almost certainly intoxicated, and apparently committed suicide with cyanide capsules after realizing the group had run into trouble ( this was confirmed by the 1972 discovery of their bodies, which was cinched by DNA tests in 1998.