Gerda Bormann ( German: Gerda Bormann ; nee Buch ); October 23, 1909 , Konstanz - March 23, 1946 , Merano , South Tyrol ) - daughter of the President of the Supreme Party Court of the NSDAP, Walter Buch and spouse one of the leaders of the Third Reich Martin Bormann . A member of the NSDAP, put forward the idea of a polygamous “forced marriage” in the interests of the state.
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Biography
Gerda is the eldest child in the family of the parents of Walter and Elsa Buch. At the end of World War I, her father became close to the National Socialists and made a successful career, becoming chairman of the Supreme Party Court of the NSDAP , which played a decisive role in the fate of his daughter. Gerda received a contradictory upbringing in her parents' house: on the one hand, her parents strictly adhered to the Protestant faith , on the other hand, they proudly inspired children with the ideas of national socialism.
At the age of 19, Gerda met with a criminal record for bodily harm, member of the NSDAP Martin Bormann. Taller than a girl’s head, he did not take seriously Gerda’s sympathies, but in April 1929 officially asked Walter Buch for his daughter’s hands. Bukh gave his consent to the marriage of his daughter with great reluctance. In the same year, Gerda Borman joined the NSDAP . The wedding of Gerda and Martin Bormann took place on September 2, 1929, witnesses were Adolf Hitler and Rudolf Hess . The Bormanov couple had ten children, of whom nine survived:
- Adolf Martin Bormann (born April 14, 1930 - March 11, 2013) - named after his father and godfather - Adolf Hitler;
- Ilsa Bormann (1931-1958; surviving twin, named after the godmother Ilsa Hess , after the flight of Rudolf Hess to England, the name was changed to Ike)
- Irmgard Borman (born July 25, 1933)
- Rudolf Gerhard Bormann (born August 31, 1934; named after Rudolf Hess, later in 1941 the name was changed to Helmut)
- Heinrich Hugo Bormann (born June 13, 1936: named after his godfather Heinrich Himmler )
- Eva Uta Borman (born August 4, 1938: not named after Eva Brown , with whom Martin Borman did not get along)
- Gerda Borman (born October 23, 1940)
- Fred Hartmouth Bormann (born March 4, 1942)
- Volker Bormann (1943-1946)
Even in party circles, the relationship between the spouses was perplexing: as Bormann whistled, Gerda was right there, not suffering in any way either from such an attitude towards herself, or from the fact that the husband seduced women practically in her presence. Nevertheless, judging by the correspondence between the spouses, they had really strong feelings.
When Martin Bormann’s romance with actress Manya Behrens became public, contrary to everyone’s expectations, Gerda Borman did not make a scandal and did not just turn a blind eye to it, but on the contrary gave her consent and supported her husband in every possible way. In his letters to his wife, Martin Bormann narrated his betrayal, and Gerda gave him his advice.
Gerdu Bormann was worried about the issue of casualties in the war and the future of the German people. She was convinced that National Socialism needed a radically new organization of society. She reflected on the possibilities of abolishing monogamy and introducing the idea of forced marriage. In February 1944, Gerda Borman made an appeal to fellow citizens in the interest of society to enter into several marriages at the same time. In her opinion, every member of a male society should enjoy the legal right to enter into several marriages. Illegal wives had to live in the same conditions as legal ones, and the spouse was obliged to visit them once every two weeks. Extramarital children should have equal rights with those born in marriage, and the concept of “ adultery ” should be forgotten. The 1943 bills provided for rules requiring every German wife to give birth to four children from her husband, and upon reaching this amount, the husband had the right to have children with other women.
Shortly before the collapse of the Third Reich, Gerda fled to South Tyrol . A few weeks later, she was taken to a military hospital, where she was diagnosed with carcinoma . March 23, 1946 Gerda Borman died, but not from cancer, but from mercury poisoning , which was used in a course of chemotherapy. The Bormanov children stayed with the priest Theodore Schmitz, who adopted them.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 101270209X // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
Literature
- Anna Maria Sigmund: Die Frauen der Nazis. Verlag Carl Ueberreuter, Wien 2000, ISBN 3-8000-3777-7 und Heyne-Verlag, München 2005, ISBN 3-453-60016-9 .