Martin Bormann

After his release Bormann joined the NSDAP in Thuringia. Despite a coarse and brutal manner, he became the Party's regional press officer and later business manager in 1928. In 1929 Bormann married Gerda Buch, whose father Walter Buch served as a chairman of the Nazi Party Court. Bormann had recently met Hitler, who agreed to serve as a witness to their wedding. In October 1933 Bormann became a Reichsleiter of the NSDAP and in November a member of the Reichstag. From July 1933 until 1941 Bormann served as the personal se ...

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Martin Bormann, Martin Bormann - Early life, Martin Bormann - Rise through the Nazi party, Martin Bormann - Suicide and missing remains, Martin Bormann - Bormann's children, Martin Bormann - Trivia

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1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. 1972 - Events. International year of the book January 2 - The Pierre Hotel Heist - Six men rob the safety deposit boxes of the Pierre Hotel in New York City. Loot is at least $4 million. January 4 - Rose Heilbron becomes the first woman judge at the Old Bailey in London. January 5 - President of the United States Richard Nixon orders the development of a space sh ...

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Alfred Rosenberg (January 12, 1893–October 16, 1946) was an early and intellectually influential member of the Nazi party, who later held several important posts in the Nazi government. At Nuremberg he was tried and sentenced to death as a war criminal. He is considered the main author of key Nazi ideological creeds, including its racial theory, persecution of the Jews, Lebensraum, abolition of the Versailles Treaty, and opposition to "degenerate" modern art. Alfred Rosenberg - Early career. Born t ...

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This article is about the 1971 film adaptation. For the fictional character, see Willy Wonka For the 1964 children's book, see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. For the 2005 film adaptation, see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film). Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) is a musical film based on the 1964 children's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by English author Roald Dahl. It was directed by Mel S ...

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Adolf Hitler ▶ (help·info) (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 and Führer (Leader) of Germany from 1934 to his death by suicide. He was leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP), better known as the Nazi Party. Under Hitler's charismatic leadership Germany emerged from the depths of defeat to rebuild its economy and its decimated military. At the height of their power during World War II, ...

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Most of Adolf Hitler's biographers assert that he was a vegetarian from 1931 until his death in 1945. However, a few reports indicate that he occasionally ate meat during the 1930s. Vegetarianism of Adolf Hitler - The evidence. Biographers believe that Adolf Hitler's diet was influenced by essays of composer Richard Wagner which promoted vegetarianism.[1] Writing in 1881, Wagner argued that the original human diet ...

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The last political testament was signed at the same time as Hitler's last will, 4:00am on April 29, 1945. The first part of the testament is a restatement of the political position and justifications which he had stated many times before. His intention to commit suicide soon after writing the testament and the imminent destruction of the Third Reich did not alter his political position. The second part lays out Hitler's intentions for the government of Germany and the Nazi Party after his demise. Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering ...

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Last will and testament of Adolf Hitler, Last will and testament of Adolf Hitler - Will, Last will and testament of Adolf Hitler - Testament, Last will and testament of Adolf Hitler - Authorship, Last will and testament of Adolf Hitler - Trivia, Last will and testament of Adolf Hitler - External documents

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List of Germans - Chancellors of Germany before 2nd World War. Gustav Stresemann, (1878-1929), chancellor and statesman of the Weimar Republic (DVP) Joseph Wirth, (1879-1956), Chancellor of the Weimar Period (Centre) Franz von Papen (1879-1969), chancellor and politician of the Weimar Republic Philipp Scheidemann, (1865-1939), chancellor in the Weimar period (SPD) Kurt von Schleicher - general and chancellor in the Weimar period Georg Michaelis, (1857-1936), Impe ...

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List of Germans, List of Germans - Actors, List of Germans - Artists, List of Germans - Composers, List of Germans - Filmmakers, List of Germans - Royalty, List of Germans - Musicians and singers, List of Germans - Philosophers, List of Germans - Politicians, List of Germans - Chancellors of Germany before 2nd World War, List of Germans - Chancellors of Germany after 2nd World War, List of Germans - Presidents of Germany, List of Germans - Politicians in East Germany, List of Germans - Personalities of the Nazi Party and Regime, List of Germans - Scientists and engineers, List of Germans - Sportspersons, List of Germans - Theologians, List of Germans - Writers, List of Germans - Others

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International year of the book 1972 - January. January 2 - The Pierre Hotel Heist - Six men rob the safe deposit boxes of the Pierre Hotel in New York City. Loot is at least $4 million. January 4 - Rose Heilbron becomes the first woman judge at the Old Bailey in London. January 5 - President of the United States Richard Nixon orders the development of a space shuttle program. January 4 - Kurt Waldheim becomes the Secretary General of ...

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List of SS Personnel - Reichsführer. Heinrich Himmler (Reich Leader of the SS and Chief of German Police) Karl Hanke (Last Reich Leader of the SS) List of SS Personnel - Oberstgruppenführer. Kurt Daluege (Commander of the Ordnungspolizei) Sepp Dietrich (Commander of the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler and later 6.SS-Panzerarmee) Paul Hausser (Commander of the II.SS-Panz ...

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List of SS Personnel, List of SS Personnel - Notable SS Officers, List of SS Personnel - Reichsführer, List of SS Personnel - Oberstgruppenführer, List of SS Personnel - Obergruppenführer, List of SS Personnel - Gruppenführer, List of SS Personnel - Brigadeführer, List of SS Personnel - Oberführer, List of SS Personnel - Standartenführer, List of SS Personnel - Obersturmbannführer, List of SS Personnel - Sturmbannführer, List of SS Personnel - Hauptsturmführer, List of SS Personnel - Untersturmführer, List of SS Personnel - Notable SS Enlisted, List of SS Personnel - Sturmscharführer, List of SS Personnel - Oberscharführer, List of SS Personnel - Unterscharführer, List of SS Personnel - Schütze

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In the early months of 1942, Witt's battalion continued defensive actions along the Mius. In May 1942, the division went back on the offensive and Witt's battalion was again committed to action in the recapture of Rostov on Don. After over a month's heavy fighting, the city had fallen, and the exhausted division was ordered back to France to rest and refit. Witt had led his formation exceptionally over this period, and as a reflection, in the month of July 1942 he was awarded the Order of the Star of Romania, Officer Class with Swords on the Ribbon of Military Virtue, and the Bulgarian Military ...

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Fritz Witt, Fritz Witt - Early Life - Pre-War SS Service, Fritz Witt - Early War Campaigns, Fritz Witt - Balkans - Barbarossa, Fritz Witt - Paris - Kharkov, Fritz Witt - Hitlerjugend Command, Fritz Witt - Normandy Invasion

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After his lifetime, Hitler continued to be depicted as incompetent or foolish. However, whilst Hitler's anti-Semitic policies were well known during his lifetime, it was only after his death that the full horrors of the Holocaust became known. This, coupled with Hitler no longer being a current threat, has meant that the way he is depicted in popular culture has changed since 1945 as a sinister and diabolical figure. Mel Brooks' comedy The Producers featured a play-within-a-play called Springtime for Hitler, featured dan ...

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Hitler in popular culture, Hitler in popular culture - How Hitler was represented during his lifetime, Hitler in popular culture - How Hitler is represented after his lifetime, Hitler in popular culture - Fiction about Hitler's death, Hitler in popular culture - Hitler in fiction, Hitler in popular culture - Other

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The main motives for the apprehension of suspected collaborators were: Trial and, if guilty, punishment of traitors, for example members of the Waffen-SS British Free Corps. Revenge for those killed, especially those killed on ethnic grounds in the Holocaust (principally amongst Jews and Russians) A desire after a bitter war, to see those responsible face justice, and be characterised as criminals under a court of law (See Nuremburg Trials). To ensure that the acts done were brought to light ...

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Pursuit of Nazi collaborators, Pursuit of Nazi collaborators - Background, Pursuit of Nazi collaborators - Means of pursuit, Pursuit of Nazi collaborators - Controversial aspects, Pursuit of Nazi collaborators - Pursuit in specific countries, Pursuit of Nazi collaborators - Argentina, Pursuit of Nazi collaborators - Australia, Pursuit of Nazi collaborators - Belgium, Pursuit of Nazi collaborators - Czechoslovakia, Pursuit of Nazi collaborators - France, Pursuit of Nazi collaborators - Netherlands, Pursuit of Nazi collaborators - Norway, Pursuit of Nazi collaborators - Poland, Pursuit of Nazi collaborators - Soviet Union, Pursuit of Nazi collaborators - United Kingdom, Pursuit of Nazi collaborators - Yugoslavia

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Joseph Goebbels - Chancellor for a day. During the final stages of the war in the spring of 1945 Hitler split the offices of Reichskanzler (Chancellor of the Reich) and Reichspräsident (President of the Reich), both of which he had held as Führer since the death of Hindenburg in August 1934. He appointed Goebbels Chancellor of Germany in his will, with Grand-Admiral Karl Dönitz, the commander-in-chief of the Kriegsmarine, as President without the Führer title ( ...

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Joseph Goebbels, Joseph Goebbels - Early life, Joseph Goebbels - Propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels - Ruin murder and suicide, Joseph Goebbels - Chancellor for a day, Joseph Goebbels - Murder, Joseph Goebbels - Suicide, Joseph Goebbels - Goebbels in popular culture, Joseph Goebbels - The diaries of Joseph Goebbels

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Wiesenthal was born Szymon Wiesenthal in Buczacz, Polish Galicia then a part of Austria-Hungary, now a part of the Lviv Oblast section of Ukraine, to a Jewish merchant family. He graduated from the Technical University of Prague in 1932 after being denied admission to the Polytechnic University of Lwów because of quota restrictions on Jewish students. In 1936, he married Cyla Müller, and they had a daughter, Paulina, who lives in Israel. Wiesenthal was living in Lwów, then Poland (formerly Lemberg, now called Lviv, the large ...

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Simon Wiesenthal, Simon Wiesenthal - Early life and World War II, Simon Wiesenthal - Nazi hunter, Simon Wiesenthal - Wiesenthal Center, Simon Wiesenthal - Austrian politics and later life, Simon Wiesenthal - Criticism, Simon Wiesenthal - Honors, Simon Wiesenthal - Dramatic portrayals, Simon Wiesenthal - Miscellaneous

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Speer's memoirs revolutionized the study of Nazi Germany. Despite the popular vision of the country as a monolithic, totalitarian state that ran smoothly, Speer revealed that the country was actually sharply divided by overlapping responsibilities, court politics, and incompetent leaders. Most surprisingly, he portrayed Hitler not as an intelligent, decisive leader, but rather as a lazy, artistically tempered bohemian who worked in spurts. Speer's personal insights into Nazi leaders themselves are nothing short of remarkable, especial ...

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Inside the Third Reich, Inside the Third Reich - Creation, Inside the Third Reich - Overview, Inside the Third Reich - Significance, Inside the Third Reich - Description of the Nazi Hierarchy, Inside the Third Reich - Controversy, Inside the Third Reich - Movie

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O'Donnell based the entire book on interviews, journalistic style. When witnesses disagreed, he evaluated them based on the "reliability" of their other statements, the agreement/disagreement with other witnesses, and with his personal intuition. Many critics (especially those from academic backgrounds) have taken issue with this methodology. Anticipating this, O'Donnell wrote in the prologue: Just how close this composite account comes to historical truth, to the kind of documentation an academic historian insists ...

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The Bunker, The Bunker - Creation, The Bunker - Witnesses, The Bunker - Timeline and Overview, The Bunker - Methodology and Controversy, The Bunker - The Breakout, The Bunker - Movie, The Bunker - Trivia

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On July 25, 1937, Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler, by special order of the Oberabschnitt (SUD), created the SS Main Riding School in Munich and made Hermann Fegelein the School Commander. Only former royalty from the Hohenzollern and Kaiserzeit dynasties could send representatives, along with the top heads of German industry, who donated to Martin Bormann's German industry fund. Hermann requested his friend, Hauptmann Marten von Barnekow, be allowed to enter ...

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Hermann Fegelein, Hermann Fegelein - Early career, Hermann Fegelein - Membership of the SS, Hermann Fegelein - Relationship with Himmler, Hermann Fegelein - Marriage, Hermann Fegelein - Death, Hermann Fegelein - Possible survival?, Hermann Fegelein - Portrayal in media

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In the wake of the First World War and subsquent economic depression, many German voters began turning their support towards Adolf Hitler's radical Nazi Party, which made great promises of an economic, cultural, and military renewal for the fledgling country. On January 30, 1933, Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg after attempts by General Kurt von Schleicher to form a viable government failed. Hindenberg was put under pressure by Hitler through his son Oskar, as well as intrigue from former Chancello ...

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Nazi Germany, Nazi Germany - Chronology of events, Nazi Germany - Pre-War Politics 1933-1939, Nazi Germany - Consolidation of power, Nazi Germany - Social policy, Nazi Germany - Economic policy, Nazi Germany - World War II, Nazi Germany - Aftermath, Nazi Germany - Organization of the Third Reich, Nazi Germany - Head of State and Chief Executive, Nazi Germany - Cabinet and national authorities, Nazi Germany - Reich Offices, Nazi Germany - Reich Ministries, Nazi Germany - Occupation authorities, Nazi Germany - Legislative Branch, Nazi Germany - Military, Nazi Germany - Paramilitary organisations, Nazi Germany - National police, Nazi Germany - Political organizations, Nazi Germany - Service organizations, Nazi Germany - Religious organisations, Nazi Germany - Academic organizations, Nazi Germany - Prominent persons in Nazi Germany, Nazi Germany - Nazi Party and Nazi government leaders and officials, Nazi Germany - SS personnel, Nazi Germany - Military, Nazi Germany - Other, Nazi Germany - Noted victims, Nazi Germany - Noted refugees, Nazi Germany - Noted survivors

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Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum) is a poor boy living with his mother and four grandparents, none of whom have been out of bed in twenty years. Charlie is bravely struggling to support his family when he hears that the famous recluse Mr. Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder) has placed "Golden Tickets" into five of his Wonka Bars. The finders of these special items will be given a full tour of Wonka's famous candy factory – the inner workings o ...

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Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory - Plot overview, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory - Production, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory - Writing, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory - Casting and setting, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory - Reception, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory - Cast, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory - Quotes, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory - Music, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory - Awards, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory - Trivia, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory - Parodies

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