In which town near Halberstadt was Martin Bormann born in 1900?
Show answer
Wegeleben
His father was a post office official; after the First World War Bormann worked as an estate manager in Mecklenburg.
All questions with answers
Foto: Friedrich Franz Bauer (Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1968-100-21A) · CC BY-SA 3.0 de · Wikimedia Commons
Who is shown here?
Show answer
Martin Bormann
Bormann in the uniform of a senior Nazi Party official.
With which later concentration camp commandant did Bormann commit a political murder in Parchim in 1923?
Show answer
Rudolf Höss
The victim, a former primary school teacher, was seen by the killers as a traitor. Bormann got off with a year in prison, Höss received ten years.
Which mountain area near Berchtesgaden did Bormann turn into a sealed-off “Führer restricted zone”?
Show answer
the Obersalzberg
Residents were pressured to sell or expropriated; Bormann had barracks, guest houses and a farm built.
💡 Did you know? Today the Obersalzberg Documentation Centre explains the history of the site.
Which building did Bormann have erected on a mountain peak in 1938 for Hitler's 50th birthday?
Show answer
the Kehlsteinhaus
Hitler rarely visited it: reportedly because of a fear of heights. Today it is a restaurant for day-trippers.
Which department did Bormann head after Hess's flight to Britain in 1941?
Show answer
the Party Chancellery
Through it he controlled the entire party; in 1943 he also became “Secretary to the Führer”.
Which office did Hitler's political testament intend for Bormann?
Show answer
Party Minister
Bormann was also a witness at Hitler's wedding to Eva Braun on 29 April 1945.
What punishment did the Nuremberg tribunal impose on Bormann in absentia in 1946?
Show answer
the death penalty
He was the only defendant not present in court: nobody knew for sure whether he was still alive.
In which year was Bormann's skeleton found during building work in Berlin?
Show answer
1972
The bones lay near the Lehrter Bahnhof station. In 1998 a DNA comparison with a relative confirmed his identity; his ashes were scattered in the Baltic Sea.
How PurFact works
- Every new tab, every visit: one question from your packs.
- What you know comes back at growing intervals; what you don't yet comes back sooner.
- Games, learning paths and duels with friends turn studying into a competition.
Home · All topics · Legal notice · Privacy · Terms · Contact