Editing Martin Bormann (section)

===Axmann's account of Bormann's death===
At around 11:00 pm on 1 May, Bormann left the ''Führerbunker'' with SS doctor [[Ludwig Stumpfegger]], [[Hitler Youth]] leader [[Artur Axmann]], and Hitler's pilot [[Hans Baur]], part of one of the groups attempting to break out of the Soviet encirclement.{{sfn|Beevor|2002|pp=382–383}}{{sfn|Miller|2006|p=151}} Bormann carried with him a copy of Hitler's last will and testament.{{sfn|Beevor|2002|p=382}} The group left the ''Führerbunker'' and travelled on foot via an [[Berlin U-Bahn|U-Bahn]] subway tunnel to the [[Berlin Friedrichstraße station|Friedrichstraße station]], where they surfaced.{{sfn|McGovern|1968|p=397}} Several members of the party attempted to cross the [[Spree (river)|Spree]] River at the [[Weidendammer Bridge]] while crouching behind a [[Tiger II|Tiger tank]]. The tank was hit by an anti-tank round and Bormann and Stumpfegger were knocked to the ground.{{sfn|Beevor|2002|pp=382–383}} Bormann, Stumpfegger, and several others eventually crossed the river on their third attempt.{{sfn|Beevor|2002|pp=382–383}} Bormann, Stumpfegger, and Axmann walked along the railway tracks to [[Berlin Hauptbahnhof|Lehrter station]], where Axmann decided to leave the others and go in the opposite direction.{{sfn|Le Tissier|2010|p=188}} When he encountered a Red Army patrol, Axmann doubled back. He saw two bodies, which he later identified as Bormann and Stumpfegger, on a bridge near the railway shunting yard.{{sfn|Le Tissier|2010|p=188}}{{sfn|Trevor-Roper|2002|p=193}} He did not have time to check thoroughly, so he did not know how they died.{{sfn|Beevor|2002|p=383}} Since the Soviets never admitted to finding Bormann's body, his fate remained in doubt for many years.{{sfn|McGovern|1968|pp=158–159}}