James McGovern, a former American special agent involved in the work of the CIA, provides for the first time a documented biography of Martin Bormann. The International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg passed a verdict in absentia, declaring Bormann missing in action. His disappearance will be called “the biggest unsolved secret of Nazism.” As Hitler's right-hand man, this shadow Nazi leader effectively ran the country. How did it happen that an ordinary party functionary achieved such career heights in record time? A faithful follower of the Fuhrer, he wanted to save his life in order to continue the work of his leader. Who benefited from the legends that surrounded the biography of Martin Bormann, and what really happened to him?