| | [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R14128A, Martin Bormann.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|Martin Bormann]] | | [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R14128A, Martin Bormann.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|Martin Bormann]] |
| − | '''Martin Bormann''' (17 June 1900 – 2 May 1945) was a [[Nazi Party]] official who during the later years of [[World War II]] became a very powerful man serving as the private secretary of [[Adolf Hitler]]. He controlled both access to Hitler and the information which Hitler received. Hitler also appointed him the head of the Nazi Party Chancellery (''Parteikanzlei''). Bormann gained many enemies over the years, including [[Heinrich Himmler]] and [[Albert Speer]]. In the latter years of the war, he was considered Hitler's "right-hand" man.<ref>Hamilton, Charles. ''Leaders and Personalities of the Third Reich, Vol. 1'' (1984).</ref> Bormann was a dedicated [[Atheism|atheist]] and wanted to wipe out [[Christianity]] in the German Reich. Bormann declared, "More and more the people must be separated from the churches and their organs, the pastors."<ref>[http://creation.com/the-holocaust-and-evolution The Holocaust and evolution]</ref> | + | '''Martin Bormann''' (17 June 1900 – 2 May 1945) was a [[Nazi Party]] official who during the later years of [[World War II]] became a very powerful man serving as the private secretary of [[Adolf Hitler]]. He controlled both access to Hitler and the information which Hitler received. Hitler also appointed him the head of the Nazi Party Chancellery (''Parteikanzlei''). Bormann gained many enemies over the years, including [[Heinrich Himmler]] and [[Albert Speer]]. In the latter years of the war, he was considered Hitler's "right-hand" man.<ref>Hamilton, Charles. ''Leaders and Personalities of the Third Reich, Vol. 1'' (1984).</ref> Bormann was a dedicated [[Atheism|atheist]] and wanted to wipe out [[Christianity]] in the German Reich. Bormann declared, "More and more the people must be separated from the churches and their organs, the pastors."<ref>[https://creation.com/the-holocaust-and-evolution The Holocaust and evolution]</ref> |