The Hunt for Martin Bormann - Episode 1: Hitler's Gatekeeper

What happened to Hitler's sinister private secretary, the head of the Nazi Party Chancellery Martin Bormann? Did he manage to escape from Berlin in May 1945 and live out the rest of his life in hiding in South America? This series will answer those questions.
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[@kevinremsen5627]

When my mother was a child in New York City, she said some Israeli agents knocked on their door asking to meet her father, my grandfather, whose name was Martin O’Gorman. They were just checking on people who had similar names but left quickly after realizing that my grandfather looked nothing like the Nazi and was far too young to fit the profile.

[@occidentadvocate.9759]

😂😂😂Course they did.

[@jonathancarlson6127]

“This isn’t the hemorrhoid you’re looking for.”

[@johncox2865]

@@occidentadvocate.9759 Perpetual Doubter, aren’t you?

[@dominicalberto2179]

That was have scary for your mother !

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

Years ago I worked with a man named Gustav David Lange. He told me he made a business trip to Isreal and while checking in with Isreali authorities they pulled out a large ledger book and began looking for anyone named Gustav Lange who was wanted as a Nazi criminal. Well Dave (he went by Dave) was American-born and had the papers to prove it so he had no problems but he said it was a good indication that the Israeli's NEVER stopped looking.

[@Sevenigma777]

It doesn't matter how many times I've heard some of these stories but when it's a Dr. Felton video I get so excited to watch it!

[@kereckelizabeth3625]

It doesn't matter how much you THOUGHT you knew, Dr. Felton WILL know and speak of something you didn't know before.

[@quarters-eye8922]

@@kereckelizabeth3625 The paramilitary unit Bormann joined was NOT right wing. Apparently Felton didn’t know that.

[@trentdawg2832]

The truth

[@loditx7706]

@@wernerwintels2046 I would substitute destructive for masculinity in your comment. Masculinity that does not equate to hatred or violence is an attractive trait.

[@Ickie71]

Cringe!

[@GlasgowGallus]

It's hard to describe how important, and necessary, against the backdrop of the worlds lunacy today, Mark's content and hard work is. I'm certain my thoughts reflect the opinions of the vast majority of Mark's subscribers: intelligent, riveting content, across all subjects, with his obvious hard work a testament to the respect he holds us, his audience in... Genuinely the model KZbin channel. Thanks Mark... I know we say it a lot but it's genuinely meant sincerely mate 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623]

It's also excellent intelligent escapism. A new video giving us up to 8 to 15 minutes of relief of today's world by showing us some of the horrors or just weird things of the past.

[@williambarrett70]

Always wondered about Bormann. Now I gotta wait for Part Dieux??!!?

[@jackjude]

It's _important and necessary_ to realise the past has a foreground of lunacy beyond what we experience today, where minor issue are blown out proportion and quickly forgotten in the churn of news.

[@brianwalsh1401]

@@jackjude I disagree. We have just as much or more lunacy today as in the past. History is full of insane behaviors usually started by narcissists and sociopaths like HItler, Borman and all the rest of the nazi hierarchy. We have a wannabe dictator trying to get back into office and 71 million people enabling him to do so. That's pretty crazy. I wish he would go away but her refuses to do so.

[@GlasgowGallus]

@@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623 It is, couldn't agree more Pedro.

[@steven2212]

Absolutely riveting! Nobody does this better than Dr Felton.

[@iamgermane]

Didn't they find his remains in Berlin about 20 years ago under some ruins?????

[@An.Individual]

@@iamgermane Yes but no one was certain for years what happened to him. Then came DNA tesing

[@DaveSCameron]

What? This is fare from 75 years ago, wake up please!

[@rowdyyates4273]

@@An.Individual it was a scam Borman was living in Argentina when he died many years later they buried him in Berlin- but forgot to remove soil from Argentin where he was originally buried!

[@Jerinx90]

@@rowdyyates4273 so funny eh

[@TroyTempest777]

In the town I grew up in in 1980s England,we had a small toy shop called "Boormans" ..my dad always joked that it was Martin Bormann and that's why he always stocked more toy German soldiers than the other types😅

[@louisavondart9178]

The origins of the Boorman name lie with England's ancient Anglo-Saxon culture. It comes from when the family lived in Boreham, a parish four miles from Chelmsford, in the county of Essex.

[@TroyTempest777]

@@louisavondart9178 Interesting, thankyou👍

[@Theywaswrong]

There is a medical clinic near me called "Himmler Medial Clinic". I wonder how many have done a double take on that sign. Vilonia, Arkansas.

[@vk2ig]

@@louisavondart9178 Boreham Wood?

[@davemclean6835]

@@Theywaswrong I did a double take on ‘Medial.’

[@shimotsuki5647]

Oh my God I wanted this series so bad. Bormann's disappearance is so mysterious and kind of underrated because of Goring and Himmler's shocking deaths. Thank you Dr. Felton for this video and the subsequent series!

[@koba2348]

Not so mysterious when you realize his body was found in the 70s exactly where Axmann said he died at

[@miaflyer2376]

Nothing "mysterious" - Borman's skull was dug up at a construction site in 1972 and DNA verified in 1998.

[@phonicfrog_]

@@koba2348 will be interesting to hear Dr Feltons research into the matter

[@brianwalsh1401]

What exactly happened is maybe mysterious but it was a chaotic time and he just got swallowed up in Berlin as the curtain came down. He had a good run of causing problems and kissing butt. It sounds like he enjoyed it at least until the writing was on the wall. Same with all of them they couldn't believe it was all crashing down.

[@therealuncleowen2588]

@@koba2348 shhhhh, Don't spoil it for those who don't know.

[@bobcosmic]

Now let’s all sit back and listen to this comprehensive lecture from Dr Mark Felton !

[@aa64912]

My wife spent 15 years in Brazil as a missionary and spent a lot of time in Argentina . She knew people who would find all this interesting

[@SeekTruth300]

Yes because Hitler escaped alongside Bormann and lived out their lives in South America. Anyone who’s done their research knows this

[@williamwallace7651]

@@SeekTruth300 anyone who can take blinkers off like🤣🤣🤣

[@LittleKitty22]

Brazil is literally half German and Argentina is even worse. Most of the nazis went there after the war. The rest got high positions in the government in both East and West Germany. The Nuremberg Trials were just for show, to fool the public.

[@jonnyc429]

@@SeekTruth300 lots to say that isn't true though. It's a really interesting story and would be great if it was true but for no solid evidence to turn up in decades, hard to get behind it.

[@SeekTruth300]

@@jonnyc429 no solid evidence??? Mate you’re class. There’s stronger evidence than him dying in a bunker where no body was ever found. That body taken to Russia claiming to be hitlers turned out to be female. The main stream narrative is laden with holes.

[@Argar1980]

Mark Felton videos are so much better than any shite you get on Netflix or the telly these days! I can't wait for the next one!

[@renebrune84]

Indeed 👌🏻

[@77knez]

I've been fascinated by ww2 since I was a little kid, and I'm always reading and learning as much as I can about it. It is amazing that they are still finding stories about the war almost 80 years later. I'm 38 now and am still learning new things about it. Mark Felton is a big reason for that, this is an excellent channel.

[@dariovukojevic926]

They are still making lies about it. Mark Felton too.

[@bigknockersOO]

Please never change the intro ! It teleports me back in time to that era and makes me feel excited for the video

[@stuartharper3968]

Mark Felton is best of best world class historian and author!! I have studied WW2 for over 50 years and read thousands of books, magazines and printed studies and Mark Felton continues to teach me with his amazing knowledge of WW2.

[@roberth.5938]

Check out his son's biography. It's very interesting. He had to hide a few years in fear of being executed due to his apparent relation to Martin, changing is surname. He then became a priest (his father was an atheist, hating Christianity) and after a long time felt in love with a woman. He had to quit being a priest, so he could marry his beloved wife

[@roberth.5938]

@lati long I believe this was in fact one of the arguments of the nazis. But I know that Hitler despised Christianity because they were against their values. He once said he wished Germany was rather a Muslim country, because they weren't as soft as the Christians

[@thegoyimknow.]

Hitler was a Christian, wtf are you going on about? A simple Google search will tell you exactly that.

[@roberth.5938]

@@thegoyimknow. are you freeking serious? You are telling me that Hitler was a Christian? Yeah, of course you found this on Google. Because the internet is always right, eh? Well, the nazis and especially Hitler and Himmler were very much sympathizing with the old northern religions (Thor, Odin, etc...) . This is a fact and not something somebody might have written on a thread years ago you can find on Google. Seriously, sometimes I really believe we developed in reverse, when I read about somebody trying to explain me his wildest theories he found on the internet

[@thegoyimknow.]

"We are a people of different faiths, but we are one. Which faith conquers the other is not the question; rather, the question is whether Christianity stands or falls.... We tolerate no one in our ranks who attacks the ideas of Christianity... in fact our movement is Christian. We are filled with a desire for Catholics and Protestants to discover one another in the deep distress of our own people."

[@ericvantassell6809]

@@thegoyimknow. you can't believe that snert unless you discount or are unaware of all the contradictory quotes.

[@rickyleeincali5375]

Several years ago, I met someone who was one of the first Americans into Berlin following the Russian liberation. He had possibly been with the U.S group as discussed in one of Dr Felton’s earlier videos. This former soldier, spoke fluent Russian and had a camera with him. The album he showed me contained incredible photos taken just after liberation and included scenes in and around the Chancellery. One of the photos that I recall (though it’s been many years), was of a row of small and in some cases, unusual-looking aircraft, covered with a large camo net, parked on one of the major boulevards. I was told by the photographer (then in his 90's), that these were nazi escape aircraft and now I’m guessing that the photo was taken at the Tiergarten. The planes in the photo looked undamaged under the huge net (which was surprising). I’m wondering if Dr. Felton or anyone else has seen similar images of these apparent escape aircraft readied for takeoff in the heart of Berlin? (I'm not saying M. Bormann was on any of them!)

[@gregelliott2537]

Liberation??? I wouldn't call the systematic rape of 800,000+ women in Berlin by the Soviet army ( not Russian) as being a liberation.

[@MPGunther1]

History Lessons by Dr. Mark Felton. Thank you so much. My parents were survivors of WWII but rarely confided in me what they went through

[@drmarkintexas-400]

🏆🏆🏆👍🇺🇲🙏 Thank you for sharing

[@awesomehpt8938]

The nickname “brown eminence” is a play on the term “eminence grise” meaning grey eminence which refers to people who are the power behind the throne. Except with Bormann being dressed In brown they used his clothing to imply a scatological innuendo is being made whilst acknowledging his position of power.

[@Argar1980]

Scatological......I have to use that word in a conversation before I die!

[@EdMcF1]

Nothing to do with his nose, then? That's a relief.

[@EdMcF1]

@@Argar1980 'h' for 'c'....

[@roberttelarket4934]

You are 350% correct! You and I are some of the few people who know and use the euphemism scatological!

[@loditx7706]

Very interesting, but reveals lack of proper education that so few people knew what scatological means.

[@RobWhittlestone]

As a child in the early 1960's, I remember my father being quite excited at reports that Martin Bormann had been tracked down in South America if I remember correctly. I understand that Martin Bormann had a hand in getting large German industrial companies to invest abroad, safeguarding vast amounts of capital which were then repatriated after the end of WW2. It is thought some of these sums went to fund the Franco German Coal & Iron association, forerunner of the 'Common Market', EEC, EU.

[@ddMcDd-yl4td]

SPOILER ALERT!

[@davidlynch9049]

False. Watch the series to see Borman's fate.

[@stevenwiederholt7000]

I remember that!

[@RobWhittlestone]

@@stevenwiederholt7000 Glad I’m not the only one!

[@DaveSCameron]

Ah but according to the Western bollox he's dead in 1945. Who are they fooling?

[@OldVermontGuy]

When I was stationed in the Philippines in 1978 I took a guided tour into the mountains of northern Luzon. At a remote mountain top hostel, there was an eclectic group of international travelers. As we sat around in the evening, we were swapping stories about unusual places visited and travel adventures. One traveler was a European supertanker captain on holiday. He told a story of being in a small, out of the way village in Bavaria about 10 years earlier on a walking vacation across the lower Alps region. He was having a drink and dinner in a small Kneipe (German for Pub) full of locals. When a stout elderly German man came in without a word, the dynamic of the room changed radically from a boisterous and noise pub. The room full of locals went absolutely silent, and the level of fear and tension was palatable. This man was served a light traditional dinner and drinks, then left without saying a word to anyone, or evening putting down money for the meal. Once he left, the buzz of normal conversation resumed. The captain was sitting facing to the elderly man and could observe him closely. When he later asked the Kneipe owner who the man was, the man refused to say anything about whom the man was. He passed it off as a local eccentric, and he didn't think much about it until by chance he saw a magazine article a few months later about fugitive Nazis and was struck by how the picture of Bormann resembled the elderly German man, especially his eyes, he had seen in that Kneipe. He said that he was aware that Bormann's remains had been positively identified a few years earlier, and he had been officially declared dead. His comment to us was that the fear in the room along with how closely the guy resembled Bormann convinced him that the man really was Bormann. The wondered if the postwar "Odessa" stories about shadowy Nazi influence in the West German government had falsified his "death" to allow him to live in this remote village without question might have credence. I can't vouch for this captain's story because it was a one evening encounter of strangers in a remote location. I was struck at the time at how matter of fact he was personally, and the way he told the story stuck to me as very factual.

[@trentdawg2832]

Probably true

[@tuforu4]

Germans seem to go unusual places like bangladesh ..

[@1slotmech]

@@tuforu4 well if Americans can turn up there, why can't Germans?

[@scooter66133]

A story only a true captain can tell us 😂 in germany we call this kind of stories 'seemansgarn' or seamans yarn. But I like the story and the way you tell us 😉

[@davidlynch9049]

There is no way that story could be true. The Mossad would have easily found him in Bavaria in conjunction with the British. Research that history .

[@BigBlack81]

Ever since the Nazi wives video where you teased this, Mark, I've been WAITING EAGERLY for this. I will now wait eagerly for all the parts to be posted so I can binge on Bormann. Many thanks and good luck!

[@Luna_sol_Atella]

what is the Nazi wives video ? thanks

[@Kyanzes]

Excellent as always! Thanks for this new series!

[@10toMidnight]

No time better spent than a cup of tea and one of your fine presentations. Thank you.

[@oNovoRapido]

Thank you Mark for putting out this fascinating content on a platform that anyone can access, free of charge. This content could easily be aired on TV where those less fortunate would miss out on such informative and interesting topics. You're a great educator, and I can't think of a time when someone grabbed my interest as much as you have. All hail Dr. Felton!

[@rh5563]

Hear here!

[@filipohman7277]

Awesome Work Dr. Felton!!! Greetings from Helsinki, Finland 🇫🇮

[@anthonypallante4380]

With every know Dr. F posted, I patiently wait for part 2...👨🏼‍🦳. Great work as always, Dr.

[@kevgoeswandering8488]

Excellent as always dr Felton thank you for your research and unrivaled delivery, i cant wait for the next part

[@SMLEFGFJB]

Thank you, Mr. Felton. YOU are the history channel we all want

[@santiagosuarez-quiroga3378]

Oh man Dr. Felton delivers again! Absolutely best historical content in KZbin. Dr. F should be put in charge of the history channel so it can become what it was meant to be lol, thanks Doc!

[@ktonder1]

I'm one of the OG subscribers of this channel and I still get excited every week for a new video. Love the content! Keep making awesome videos Dr Felton!

[@x9iV]

i have been watching your videos for a long time. your info is always spot on and would like to say thank you.

[@prestonhanson501]

Wish I had Felton as a history teacher. He's perfect. Perfect voice for history. Perfectly explained

[@TexasTeaHTX]

You have done more for me than two semesters of community college history courses Sir! 🙏🏾

[@ArmyJames]

Community college. lol

[@TexasTeaHTX]

Yeah I figured I’d save some money and not get into crippling debt at a major University.

[@TheBuilderize]

​@@TexasTeaHTX It's not like university is going to get you access to any secret information you couldn't just look up on the internet if you're interested enough.

[@TexasTeaHTX]

@@TheBuilderize You’re right but the point of these videos is to provide information about history that’s the commonly covered smart ass. Apologies for not being able to source peer reviewed literature with a full time job.

[@shellibelli4387]

Two of the best instructors I ever had were at a community college Where I took a few classes at after I graduated from UCLA with two bachelors degrees.

[@stevenhershman2660]

Outstanding as always. Thank you Dr Felton !

[@cassandraralph5906]

One of the best documentary channels regarding the Second World War, and the events both preceding, and following. Well done indeed Mark Felton 👏 👍!!!

[@koba2348]

Artur Axmann stated Bormanns place of death and it doesn't seem like anyone believed him for decades until it was found exactly there at the train station. Even now his skeleton having been discovered where Axmann said he died is ignored by the crazies

[@koba2348]

@@fellmann12 ok

[@jimshoe402]

@@fellmann12 Red Clay in his Skull ???

[@steenkigerrider5340]

@@fellmann12 Are you implying that Borman, years after 1945, went back to Berlin and somehow managed to bury himself?

[@theclown2393]

Bormann didn't die there, he lived a peaceful life in south America where he died in the late 60's. His remains were exhumed and brought back to that location and reburried

[@diegoferreiro9478]

You should have began with the mandatory 'spoiler alert' disclaimer...

[@hotstingy2224]

My girlfriends mad at me because I stopped our cuddling to watch this, I wish she understood.

[@davemclean6835]

3 more episodes to come. 3 more cuddle interruptions to come.

[@Ometecuhtli]

Who needs the human touch anyway?

[@kennysherrill6542]

Thanks again Dr. Felton, I've studied WW2 history from the time I could read. The most evil people to rome this world though they had much competition. Keep up your wonderful work. 👍👍👍👍👍❤️🇺🇸

[@vk2ig]

Pour Roam, always cops a flogging ...

[@Rusty_Gold85]

Roam wasnt built in a day

[@katalinjuhasz641]

AZOTA SOKKAL GONOSZABBAK VANNAK....

[@andrewpinner3181]

Thanks Mark, can't wait for the next installment !

[@sgt.hugostiglitz9838]

Been subscribed for many a year! You’re a very talented man. Thanks for your hard work and sharing knowledge 👍🏻

[@user-cp1ri5pm5h]

Excellent Series!

[@antibrotha]

I am so fascinated in these WWII Stories

[@Nord_Mann]

Thanks Mark

[@timmotel5804]

Very interesting and well done as always. Thank You

[@masaharumorimoto4761]

Fantastic! It's really nice to have your videos waiting for me when I get time!!!

[@Madridme3]

A cliffhanger. Good stuff!

[@watipamkandawire3330]

Awesome Video Mark

[@Regmou5]

Mark Felton out here using cliffhanger strategies on history

[@zakat1410]

Dobar video.Veliki pozdrav iz Srbije.Puno srece u daljem radu.

[@bankerduck4925]

Martin Bormann. The sly quiet fox of Hitler's inner circle.

[@thegreenbird795]

BOC - BORMANN THE CHAUFFER

[@shawnpagel170]

Ayyyeee love your videos sir!

[@pauljoneses8188]

You are awesome. Looking forward to episode 2

[@Articulate99]

Always interesting, thank you.

[@BiGDuke6Actual]

REALLY looking forward to the next installment of this. Thank you, Dr. Felton

[@deplorableghostofthomaspai3535]

On the History Channel they hunt for Bigfoot and pawn deals. Thanks for real history.

[@MrShobar]

Move away from the television. Go to the public library instead.

[@dianeaustin2414]

Yes!!! 💯

[@the5thmusketeer215]

@@MrShobar If you can get into the Public Library, without disturbing the 🌈 “Drag Queen Story Hour.” 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@MrShobar]

@@the5thmusketeer215 I wasn't suggesting that anyone disturb your favorite story hour there. People should be considerate of your special "need".

[@EazyE11]

Smithsonian channel still shows actual history.

[@johngacheru7572]

always reliable.thank you.

[@o_LL_o]

I've been really waiting for this one.

[@rickyhenry4958]

So pumped for this!

[@PurelyJimbo]

Mohnke is a character that always held my intrigue. I'm not sure if it's the way he was portrayed in "Downfall", or the fact that after release from the Soviet prison, he settled down into a normal life for 50 more years. If anyone has any good info sources on him, definitely send them. Dr. Felton- I definitely would love even a short video on Mohnke!

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

Apparantly Mohnke was never accused of any war crimes by the Soviets and I'm sure they investigated him thoroughly. Hence his treatment as a prisoner-of-war instead of a war criminal.

[@paxtonsingleton2317]

I was about to comment a similar thing. There is always something charming about men who fight for a lost cause. In ''Downfall'' he is portrayed as a modern knight. Very determined, with great sense of duty and care for his comrades. It would be great if a book ever came out or an interview from a family member, revealing more things about him.

[@ankles632]

There is a book by Thomas Fischer called " Die Verteidigung der Reichskanzlei 1945" that collates and discusses Mohnke's actions and orders in the final days. It also has details of conversations he had with staff where he relates what went on at conferences with AH. Unfortunately it appears to only be published in German.

[@paxtonsingleton2317]

@@ankles632 Thank you. Iam Greek - German so there's a chance i might get my hands on it.

[@guerrillagamer2919]

Awesome, Ive been looking forward to this one

[@k.gibson7376]

Top class as always Felters

[@brettadams6734]

When a Felton video is multi-part you know it’s going to be good!

[@Jeph629]

....or you recognize that Felton has an understanding of typical human attention spans and can maximize his audience by breaking up the subject in several shorter parts.

[@arock9362]

Greatly looking forward to this series!

[@justanotherviewer52]

Thanks for the history Mark.

[@Fourwedge]

Great video mark, thank you so much

[@javarwayman7085]

I find this type of subject matter absolutely fascinating!!!!

[@adamsteele6148]

I see mark Felton I click

[@josephosheavideos3992]

This is a gripping video - as always.

[@porkstack]

Excellent, thanks for another great video.

[@29HanburyStreet]

Dr. Felton, I want to extend a sincere thank you for the continuance of the high quality videos you produce. I began watching this channel while attending a community college a few years ago; its discovery forged in me a determination to pursue history as my degree in undergrad. I am now a student in my second year at the University at Notre Dame Law School, and I still tune in with each new episode! This channel is truly a treasure trove of information-it has doubtless contributed greatly to my education. I look forward to the next episode!

[@Boruce]

I cannot stress how much I enjoy your videos. Thank you Sir!

[@timmyjones1921]

Thank You Dr. Felton .

[@carlosdelacova1943]

Absolutely the best of the best!

[@ChicagoDB]

Superb as always, Mark.

[@Robert-tl2vg]

How would you know that? The video is 15 mins long and has only been up for 12.

[@ChicagoDB]

@@Robert-tl2vg perhaps nobody ever told you, there are multiple speeds 🤣

[@Robert-tl2vg]

@@ChicagoDB in such a hurry to blitz it that you watched it at double speed? Yer, that’s how I consume my favourite media as well. Utter nonsense.

[@ChicagoDB]

@@Robert-tl2vg - I watch most content except music at 1.5-2x speed. Regular speed is much too slow

[@Ometecuhtli]

1x is too slow for me and I'm not even a native english speaker.

[@sergiom9958]

Excellent job Dr Felton!!

[@explorer1968]

Standing by, fascinating topic!

[@MidnightToDoosh]

Been looking forward to this video

[@On-Our-Radar-24News]

My Opa was in the Luftwaffe and I would go with him to summer reunions of his friends and others. I got to know Otto Gunche, one of Hitlers valet/bodyguard. He was riveting with the stories he told us about those last days and some really funny stories as well. With regard to the breakout from the bunker, it was well organized by Mohnke and would have worked if they had a better assessment of where the Russians were. Unfortunately, they did not and most of them were captured, including my Opa who served 7 years in a Russian prison camp.

[@badbotchdown9845]

Hitler valet was Heinz Linge, Gunsche was his SS adjudant.

[@On-Our-Radar-24News]

@@badbotchdown9845 He didnt describe his role as just an adjutant and I would think since I heard these stories first hand and not from a book that I would have a better understanding of who and what he did.

[@davidlynch9049]

@@On-Our-Radar-24News Right. Like a Nazi would not lie or exaggerate.

[@On-Our-Radar-24News]

@@davidlynch9049 ok bud...I can see you have a agenda. I kept politics out of this. Have a good night

[@barrysnelson4404]

Matt, Gunsche was, indeed, his adjutant. I urge you to rack your brains and record those stories for posterity. They would be invaluable as Gunsche was the one survivor from the bunker who refused to leave an autobiography as he refused to cash in on his memories of Hitler, (unlike the others - Misch, Linge, Kempka, von Below, Junge etc). He may have revealed something, in those private events, that would create great fascination today.

[@petergray7576]

It's worth pointing out that while Bormann and Himmler cooperated closely on the Holocaust, they were actually bitter enemies. Bormann joined the SS in January 1937, eventually rising to the rank Obergruppenfuhrer, making him technically Himmler's subordinate. In practice he enjoyed Hitler's full confidence, and actually to great pleasure in dictating orders to Himmler, often in a petulant manner.

[@xander9564]

Technically, Bormann was Himmler's subordinate ONLY in the SS. If Bormann's SS membership was his only function, that would be that. But, as we know, he was also a Reichsleiter, minister without portfolio, and of course Hitler's secretary.

[@americanpatriot2422]

Outstanding video and presentation

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

Thanks For Sharing .....Excellent Introducing

[@alc4039]

Martin Bormann is an interesting man, thanks!!!. hopefully an Ernst Rohm video too....

[@greghenrikson952]

What amazed me about the "bunker" is how tiny it was. The piece of real estate it used to occupy is microscopic compared with the buildings above it. It must have been little more than a rat warren.

[@dennis2376]

Thank you and have a great week.

[@kasimirdenhertog3516]

Although this isn’t a story that is new to me, the way it’s worded is what makes it so great you want to listen to it again. Infiltrating the Soviet lines on foot ‘was not an enticing prospect for middle-aged, out-of-shape leaders like Bormann to contemplate’ - this paints such a fine image that it works better than if it’d be filmed live in 4K.

[@mitchmatthews6713]

Always intriguing, Dr. Felton!

[@gregblanton9386]

Dr Felton thank you for all of your research and production of these videos. Can you show us the underground road tunnels beneath Berlin the Nazis constructed and still remain in great condition. These tunnels and road system stretch all across Berlin and interestingly from very close to the fuhrerbunker to the airport that could have easily been used as a escape route and were never penetrated by the Soviet and American forces who didn't know they existed.

[@bevinboulder5039]

Can't wait for part II!

[@misterx6276]

Always love a Mark Felton WW2 vid.

[@Gitarzan66]

I think you have the best WWII channel on Y.T. I really love back stories you tell.

[@debbie62140]

Great video! Especially of the Fieseler Fi 156 Storch at 10:19. I filmed that clip at Bedfordshire steam rally in 2014. The complete footage is still on my channel. Glad you could use it, Mark. ;)

[@bigzach7778]

Sure you did Debbie

[@wildcolonialman]

Excellent details Mark.

[@tallboy2234]

I’ve been waiting for this series. 🤔

[@remy12]

There is good history channels/content on KZbin and then there's Dr. Felton, in a league of his own. I can't wait for part 2!!

[@rolandocastaneda4429]

It's scary to see even in this man's wedding pictures that Hitler is absolutely evil and miserable. Thanks Dr. Felton for sharing this story.

[@spartanaerialservices]

Good Stuff Doc!

[@michaelfisher7170]

Can't wait for part two! Well done again and thank you Dr Felton!

[@Zuthieus]

Finally!! I have dreamt of this video for over a year!

[@windhoek_stallion8455]

Along with a coworker (who is a WWII buff) we began using the moniker "Martin Bormann" to qualify a coworker who we felt added no real value to the organization but played a ruthless political game and constantly shadowed the big boss to the point of creating a firewall around him. The said coworker caught us one day talking about him but he never clued in and just asked puzzled "who's Boremann?"... in the end, Boremann rose to power and the company went down the pits for his business acumen was essentially zero. I gladly quit before that happened.

[@Rusty_Gold85]

OMG yeh that applied to our Dispatch centre but through a woman . They even sent her to Mumbai to train up an Indian call centre. Then our jobs were gone as they close and transferred all the phone lines . The IQ and High efficiency didnt go to India though

[@markfryer9880]

@@Rusty_Gold85 Yes, the Indian call centre has been a double edged sword for many large Australian companies. It looks great on paper, saving the company money year on year. Then the complaints continue long after the teething period should be over and disgruntled customers begin to take their business elsewhere because, "they can't understand the people on the help line" and "calling the help line never resolves anything!" Now certain big Australian businesses are moving their call centre businesses back to Australia and making the most from the "work from home" boom. The language barrier has essentially gone, people know that they are talking to local or at least other Aussies, and things get fixed properly.

[@davemclean6835]

What a good story. Amazing parallels!

[@user-ud3th2fk8l]

Thank you for the video !

[@RhodeIslandWildlife]

Thank you Dr Felton