Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: Martin Ludwig Bormann ( 17 June 1900 in Halberstadt â `` 2 May 1945 in Berlin ) was a German politican and member of the NSDAP .
Simplified: Martin Ludwig Bormann ( 17 June 1900 â `` 2 May 1945 ) was a prominent Nazi official .