Secret United Kingdom paper reveals hunt for Nazi Bormann
It was one of the greatest mysteries of the collapse of the Third Reich. As Russian tanks moved into Berlin and Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his bunker, his brutal and feared private secretary, Martin Bormann, simply vanished.
Early reports indicated he had been killed by Russian shells, but rumours persisted that he had fled abroad, and files released by the National Archives on Tuesday show Britain's security services carefully tracking possible sightings.
A file from October 1946 notes "reliable reports" that Bormann, the man held responsible for organising the logistics of the Holocaust, was sighted in the Schaffhausen area of Switzerland.
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Early reports indicated he had been killed by Russian shells, but rumours persisted that he had fled abroad, and files released by the National Archives on Tuesday show Britain's security services carefully tracking possible sightings.
A file from October 1946 notes "reliable reports" that Bormann, the man held responsible for organising the logistics of the Holocaust, was sighted in the Schaffhausen area of Switzerland.
To read the full article, click here...
To read the ePaper, visit: http://epaper.asianage.com
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