 Bormann travelled everywhere with Hitler, including trips to Austria in 1938 after the "Anschluss" (the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany), and to the Sudetenland after the signing of the Munich Agreement later that year.Bormann was placed in charge of organising the 1938 Nuremberg Rally, a major annual party event.Hitler intentionally played top party members against one another and the NSDAP against the civil service.