Martin Borman was a riddle, inexplicable, inscrutable, puzzling, an enigma, which is preciselythe way the Fuhrer wanted it, as he pitted the others against each other. By dividing them, hecould secure his own safety and security,Thus, author Volker Koop, a freelance author and journalist mainly on topics of German andEuropean post-war history, has presented us with the latest known information about thiscallous Nazi official, how he took over the Party, consolidated power, and by 1942 was Hitler’sdeputy and closest collaborator. As supreme military commander, the Fuhrer turned more andmore of the domestic issues over to him. Then, to make it all official for the German nation,Borman, on April 12, 1943, was appointed Personal Secretary to the Fuhrer. Feared byministers, Gauleiters, civil servants, judges, and generals alike, Bormann identified strongly withHitler’s racial politics, determination to exterminate the entire Jewish race, work forced labor todeath, and, from 1944 – through to Hitler’s suicide on April 30, 1945, serve as the nation’sindispensable executioner.The most riveting reading of the biography begins in January, 1945, when the Third Reichbegins to collapse. Remaining at Hitler’s side until his final 30 minutes before chomping on acyanide pill while placing the nozzle of his Walther pistol into his mouth and pulling the trigger,Bormann with two others flee the Fuhrerbunker. The rest, Reader, you must read for yourself.
You won’t put the book down
