Martin Bormann, 44, died on May 2, 1945 at an unknown location during the final days of World War II. He was famous for his role as head of the Nazi Party Chancellery and as a close adviser to Adolf Hitler. Born in Wegeleben, Germany in 1900, Bormann entered the Nazi Party in 1927 and worked his way up to becoming a personal secretary to Hitler. During his time as Head of the Nazi Party Chancellery, he held a strong grip on power, likely rivaling other Nazi leaders such as Joseph Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler, and Hermann Göring. Bormann was indicted on several counts of war crimes at the Nuremberg trials, in which he was ultimately found guilty and sentenced to death in absentia. Reports soon spread of his death following the Battle of Berlin; however, his exact fate remained unknown until 1998 when his remains were finally identified in Berlin. He will be remembered as a powerful Nazi Party official in the final days of World War II.