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World War II Biographies: Martin Bormann -- Berchesgaden


Figure 1.--Martin Bormann married 19-year-old Gerda Buch, about 10 years younger (1929). They had a remaraksble 10 children. They were frquent visitors to the Berghof. Here are two of them captured in Eva Braun's home movies.

Directly above Berchtesgaden was the small neighborhood of Obersalzberg, It privided the best Alpine views in Germany. The magnificent views attracted a young Adolf Hitler to rent a home here when he was releasedfrom jail after the failed Beer Hall Putsch. Thus after seizin power he had a mountain top villa built there. Hitler purchased Haus Wachenfeld with funds he received from the sale of Mein Kampf (1933). Once expoanded to Hitler's specifications (1935-36), Hitler used it to host foreign leaders, most notably British Prime-Minister Neville Chamberlain during the Czech Crisis (1938). It came to be called the 'Berghof' mountain farm. Hitler would say, "These were the best times of my life. My great plans were forged here" We have an excellent record of wht went in there, inm part thanks to Eva Braun's home movies. The NAZI elite immediuately began buying or building their villa nearby. Existing owners were forced out. Bormann took over an existing house owned by a local doctor named Seitz. Borman's villa could not have neen more perfect. It overlooked Hitler's Berghof and much of the rest of the Obersalzberg complex. Bormann could this keep an eye on everything, most importantly the comings and goings at the Berghof. Bormann like Hitler and the other NAZI leaders later enlarged and modernized the house, installing costly interior furnishings. Most importantly, Bormann had an secure air raid shelter and bunker system built into the hill behind the house. It was connecting to the main air raid control and communications center underground. The Bormann's were frequest visitors to the Berghof. Their children were featured promently in Eva Braun's home movies. Other NAZI bigwigs brough along the kids, but the Borman children were the mostcommomlybphotographed. Hitler was fond of young children and liked to be photographed with them. Braun was also charmed with the children. And the Bormann's with 10 children in all had many of them. Notice that Hess is rarely seen there. But there are many images of Hitler with the Bormann children.








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