[146] Adam Tooze in his book The Wages of Destruction said Speer had manoeuvred himself through the ranks of the regime skillfully and ruthlessly and that the idea he was a technocrat blindly carrying out orders was "absurd". [73] Sauckel obtained new workers often using the most brutal methods. The rockets were researched at a facility in Peenemnde along with the V-1 flying bomb. Finally, Speer states, "Because I failed at the time, I still feel, to this day, responsible for Auschwitz in a wholly personal sense. [113] Speer was indicted on four counts: participating in a common plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of crime against peace; planning, initiating and waging wars of aggression and other crimes against peace; war crimes; and crimes against humanity. [58] Characteristically Hitler did not give Speer any clear remit; he was left to fight his contemporaries in the regime for power and control. He lost yet more authority. Showing 28 distinct works. [22] Speer quickly became part of Hitler's inner circle; he was expected to call on him in the morning for a walk or chat, to provide consultation on architectural matters, and to discuss Hitler's ideas. Como Ministro do Armamento, Speer foi responsvel pela grande produtividade da Alemanha neste setor nos anos finais da Segunda Guerra Mundial. Mr. Speer had been taken to the . albert speers younger brother ernst was killed at Stalingrad [61] By April 1942, Speer had persuaded Gring to create a three-member Central Planning Board within the Four Year Plan, which he used to obtain supreme authority over procurement and allocation of raw materials and scheduling of production in order to consolidate German war production in a single agency. William. The relationship was frowned upon by Speer's class-conscious mother, who felt the Webers were socially inferior. Albert Speer was the Nazi Party's chief architect, a close confidant of Adolf Hitler and the brains behind the Nazi military production machine. Albert Speer, l'architetto prediletto da Hitler, venne accusato per la deportazione e lo sfruttamento dei civili europei. Post After serving. Albert Speer, nemki arhitekt in politik, * 19. marec 1905, Mannheim, 1. september 1981, London, Zdrueno kraljestvo . Yet each showed comparable increases in production despite not being under Speer's control. The book also shows a photograph from 1943, of . [28], One of Speer's first commissions after Troost's death was the Zeppelinfeld stadium in Nuremberg. For the record, Ernst Speer is discussed at p. 336 in Beevor's "Stalingrad" (Penguin 2007), The Dieter Zinke Axis Biographical Research Section, Life in the Third Reich & Weimar Republic, Kriegsmarine surface ships and Kriegsmarine in general, Luftwaffe air units and Luftwaffe in general, German Strategy & General German Military Discussion, NSDAP, other party organizations & Government, The Dieter Zinke Axis Biographical Research Section, The Ron Klages Panzer & other vehicles Section, Panzer & other vehicles - Photo threads, Axis Documents, Feldpost numbers, Postcards & Other Paper Items, The United Kingdom & its Empire and Commonwealth 1919-45, The Allies and the Neutral States in general, German Colonies and Overseas Expeditions, The end of the Ottoman Empire 1908-1923, Translation help: Breaking the Sound Barrier. [53] Speer's offices undertook building work for each branch of the military, and for the SS, using slave labor. [67] With Hitler's full agreement, he decided to prioritize tank production, and he was given unrivaled power to ensure success. Speer's full length portrait of Hitler has unnerving reality. [64] Another factor that produced the boom in ammunition was the policy of allocating more coal to the steel industry. [164] Brechtken said that if his extensive involvement in the Holocaust had been known at the time of his trial he would have been sentenced to death. While he sought to frustrate directives to destroy industrial facilities in areas at risk of capture, so that they could be used after the war, he still supported the war's continuation. [80], In December 1943, Speer visited Organisation Todt workers in Lapland, while there he seriously damaged his knee and was incapacitated for several months. Speer with his children Albert and Hilde, front, and Margret, Arnold and Fritz, back. [5] Wolters and longtime Speer secretary Annemarie Kempf, while not permitted direct communication with Speer in Spandau, did what they could to help his family and carry out the requests Speer put in letters to his wifethe only written communication he was officially allowed. Hitler commissioned him to design and construct structures including the Reich Chancellery and the Nazi party rally grounds in Nuremberg. The concrete cylinder, 14 metres (46ft) high, was used to measure ground subsidence as part of feasibility studies for a massive triumphal arch and other large structures planned within Hitler's post-war renewal project for the city of Berlin as the world capital Germania. Thanks! [118] On 1 October 1946, he was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment. The Soviet Union, having demanded a death sentence at trial, was unwilling to entertain a reduced sentence. The cylinder is now a protected landmark and is open to the public. [154] In his memoirs and interviews, he had distorted the truth and made so many major omissions that his lies became known as "myths". [15], In January 1931, Speer applied for Nazi Party membership, and on 1 March 1931, he became member number 474,481. It became instrumental in exploiting slave labor for the benefit of the German war effort. Sereny gained respect for his sincerity in his personal "battle with truth.". [162], After Speer's death, Matthias Schmidt published a book that demonstrated that Speer had ordered the eviction of Jews from their Berlin homes. [97] However, he concluded that the war was lost after Soviet forces captured the important Silesian industrial region later that month. Speer liked the scenario so much that he wrote it into his memoirs. [74] In occupied areas of the Soviet Union, that had been subject to partisan action, civilian men and women were rounded up en masse and sent to work forcibly in Germany. He was acquitted on the other two counts. I knew that these must be Berlin Jews who were being evacuated. I was searching for information about Ernst (?) This was probably the start of the downfall of the Reich. Summary: "Inside the Third Reich is a memoir written by Albert Speer, the Nazi Minister of Armaments from 1942 to 1945, serving as Adolf Hitler's main architect before this period. Albert Speer, Germany Architect. [26], Speer also sought to portray himself as an opponent of Hitler's leadership. Though stockpiling of materials and other work continued, this slowed to a halt as more resources were needed for the armament industry. He spent the rest of his life attempting to enhance this image and erase any doubt that he did not participate or know about the Nazi atrocities. [82] In mid-January 1944, Speer had a lung embolism and fell seriously ill. [citation needed], At the Nuremberg Trials, Speer was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his use of prisoners in the armaments factories while Minister of Armaments. sent during this battle. [117], Speer was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity, principally for the use of slave labor and forced labor. After the war, Speer was among the 24 "major war criminals" arrested and charged with the crimes of the Nazi regime at the Nuremberg trials. a nemzeti szocialista Nmet Birodalom fptsze, fegyverkezsi minisztere, a haditermels irnytja.. A hbor befejezse utn Nrnbergben egyetlen volt a brsg el lltott szemlyek kzl, aki elismerte felelssgt a msodik vilghbors esemnyekrt, hsz . by PanzerKavallerie 27 Jul 2005, 16:15, Post Speer did not act on the request until mid-January 1943. Profile manager: Gordon Becker [ send private message ] Most days he was invited to dinner. [76], Following his appointment as Minister of Armaments, Speer was in control of armaments production solely for the Army. [66], As Minister of Armaments, Speer was responsible for supplying weapons to the army. [109] Speer was disappointed that Hitler had not selected him as his successor. He studied under Bestelmeyer, Billing, and Tessenow, and rose to prominence on the death of Troost, becoming Adolf Hitler's (1889-1945) friend, confidant, and architect from 1934.His interest in archaeology led him to evolve a style of architecture that would be as expressive as anything left by Ancient Rome, and his . From 1939 on, Speer's Department used the Nuremberg Laws to evict Jewish tenants of non-Jewish landlords in Berlin, to make way for non-Jewish tenants displaced by redevelopment or bombing. Speer was formally arrested on May 23rd. She was a kind and simple lady, living for her children. After he failed to do so, his father gave him a part-time job as manager of his properties. During his life, he worked on redesigning city centers of . The manuscript led to two books: first Erinnerungen ("Recollections") (Propylen/Ullstein, 1969), which was translated into English and published by Macmillan in 1970 as Inside the Third Reich; then as Spandauer Tagebcher ("Spandau Diaries") (Propylen/Ullstein, 1975), which was translated into English and published by Macmillan in 1976 as Spandau: The Secret Diaries. Inside the Third Reich begins with an account of Speer's childhood, followed by a description of his role as Heinrich Tessenow's assistant at the Technical University of Berlin. For propaganda Hitler claimed during the topping-out ceremony on 2 August 1938, that he had ordered Speer to complete the new chancellery that year. [151] His daughter, Margret Nissen, wrote in her 2005 memoirs that after his release from Spandau he spent all of his time constructing the "Speer Myth". Speer's Heidelberg school offered rugby football, unusual for Germany, skiing, and Speer was a participant. Speer, Albert (1905-81). Hitler's cabinet was dismayed at his tactics, but, regardless, he was able to accumulate new responsibilities and more power. [130] Speer also read, studied architectural journals, and brushed up on English and French. like so many other Germans his On 31 January 1931, he also joined the Motor Unit of the SA being a member until autumn 1932. I recommend this book without reservations. Described by associates as ice cold. Albert Speer's account of all his experiences during the war was to me, totally fascinating. He set about extending his power and influence with unexpected ambition. Oil production became so low that any possibility of offensive action became impossible and weaponry lay idle. [30] Nuremberg was the site of many official Nazi buildings. Ernst Speer. [14] The couple would have six children together, but Albert Speer grew increasingly distant from his family after 1933. [3] Henry T. King, deputy prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials who later wrote a book about Speer said, "Love and warmth were lacking in the household of Speer's youth. [77] By July 1943, he had gained control of armaments production for the Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine. [127], Much of Speer's energy was dedicated to keeping fit, both physically and mentally, during his long confinement. He was aided editorially by Wolf Jobst Siedler, Ullstein and Propylaen, and Joachim Fest. Speer enthusiastically supported the program and in March 1942 made an order for A4 rockets, the predecessor of the world's first ballistic missile, the V-2 rocket. Speer was appalled by this order, and persuaded several key military and political leaders to ignore it. This image dominated his historiography in the decades following the war, giving rise to the "Speer Myth": the perception of him as an apolitical technocrat responsible for revolutionizing the German war machine. Until 2 September 1943 the position's official name was Reich Minister of Armaments and Munitions. [155] In addition to the myth that he was an apolitical technocrat, he claimed he did not have full knowledge of the Holocaust or the persecution of the Jews. Speer has paid his penance for his part of the inner circle and had come to the realization of Germany's reality during WWII. [102][103] Hitler rejected Speer's proposal to cease demolitions. [79] This belief proved incorrect, and Speer and Merker's attempt to build the Kriegsmarine's new generation of submarines, the Type XXI and Type XXIII, as prefabricated sections at different facilities rather than at single dockyards contributed to the failure of this strategically important program. Das Cytoskelett; Vergleich Pflanzenzelle - Tierzelle: Unterschiede und Gemeinsamkeiten; Vergleich der Eigenschaften von prokaryotischen und eukaryotischen Zellen [37] Speer hired Wolters as part of his design team, with special responsibility for the Prachtstrasse. In September 1945, he was told that he would be tried for war crimes, and several days later, he was moved to Nuremberg and incarcerated there. [95], Losses of territory and a dramatic expansion of the Allied strategic bombing campaign caused the collapse of the German economy from late 1944. [1]:506,699701. His brothers names were Charles, Albert, Louis (Ludwig), and This is followed by an epilogue dealing with the end of the war in Europe and the resulting Nuremberg trials, in which Speer was sentenced to a 20-year prison term for his actions during the war. He lost Hitler's unconditional support and began to lose power. Then it was too late; Germany had been destroyed. [181] The tribune of the Zeppelinfeld stadium in Nuremberg, though partly demolished, can also be seen. [88] The SS provided 64,000 prisoners for 20 separate projects from various concentration camps including Mittelbau-Dora. 1971. A speech by Albert Speer (there is an account of this speech in Albert Speer, Erinnerungen [Berlin, 1969], p. 325) was followed by speeches of his deputies: Willy Schliecker, the expert on American rearmament; Walther Rohland, the head of Panzer production; Karl Frydag, who was in charge of aircraft building; and Otto Merker, who was . Martin Kitchen, a British historian, says that the choice was not surprising. The complicated architecture of Albert Speer, Jr. From being the son of a Nazi to becoming one of the world's foremost architects, this 82-year-old urban planner has been on top of the German planning world for more than half a century. [155] Isabell Trommer writes in her biography of Speer that Fest and Siedler were co-authors of Speer's memoirs and co-creators of his myths. Speer cancelled some hours before take-off because the previous night he had been up late in a meeting with Hitler. [131], Speer's supporters maintained calls for his release. Importantly, he provided an alibi to older Germans who had been Nazis. [123] Wolters raised a total of DM158,000 for Speer over the final seventeen years of his sentence. [12] In Munich Speer began a close friendship, ultimately spanning over 50 years, with Rudolf Wolters, who also studied under Tessenow. He admitted only to being uncomfortable around Jews in the published version of the Spandau Diaries. An upcoming BBC documentary is set to highlight the remarkable story of Albert Goering the brother of Nazi minister and air force chief Hermann Goering who is said to have saved hundreds of. Speer was born in Mannheim, Germany on March 19, 1905, to Luise and Albert. Na Nrnberkom procesu preuzeo je moralnu odgovornost za svoja djela te je priznao ignorantnost po pitanju Holokausta. [124], The prisoners were forbidden to write memoirs. the eldest went to visit his brother while in spandau prison and [111] Speer provided information to the Allies, regarding the effects of the air war, and on a broad range of subjects, beginning on 10 May. Air attacks on the transport network were particularly effective, as they cut the main centres of production off from essential coal supplies. [170] Historian Martin Kitchen states that Speer was actually "fully aware of what had happened to the Jews" and was "intimately involved in the 'Final Solution'". He has risen to the top of the . The exterior walls survived, but they were eventually dismantled by the Soviets. [147], Speer made himself widely available to historians and other enquirers. The house had a studio were Hitler (see Hitler parents) often came to draw his . Albert Speer (n.Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer, 19 martie 1905 d. 1 septembrie 1981) a fost un arhitect german care a fost, pentru o parte din al Doilea Rzboi Mondial, ministrul al narmrii i produciei de rzboi pentru al Treilea Reich.Speer a fost arhitectul preferat al lui Adolf Hitler, nainte de a ocupa posturi ministeriale.i-a asumat responsabilitatea pentru crimele . [20], Shortly after Hitler came into power, he began to make plans to rebuild the chancellery. The public was fascinated by an inside view of the Third Reich and a major war criminal became a popular figure almost overnight. This ignored military realities, as the German armed forces were unable to match the Allies' firepower and were facing total defeat. Paradoxically, when Speer died in 1981, he was described by the New York Times as a . For Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, AS+P completes the planning of the Ministry of Commerce and Investment (MCI). In this capacity he was responsible for the Central Department for Resettlement that evicted Jewish tenants from their homes in Berlin. [8] In 1924, when the crisis had abated, he transferred to the "much more reputable" Technical University of Munich. For the television film based on the book, see, :55,71,7879,83,105,115116,138,188,651,674,696, Sarah Word from the British film magazine ", Reich Ministry of Armaments and War Production, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Inside_the_Third_Reich&oldid=1132240858, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from August 2022, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 7 January 2023, at 23:15. He coveted control of the production of armaments for the Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine as well. Of the 60,000 people who ended up at the camp 20,000 died, due to the appalling conditions. Albert Speer Jr. was born on July 29, 1934, one year after Hitler had consolidated power in Germany. For a treatise on this aspect of the war including Speer's involvement see: Randall, Hansen, Last edited on 17 February 2023, at 08:56, Reich Minister of Armaments and War Production, Reich Minister of Armaments and Munitions, "Trials of the War Criminals Before the Nuernberg Military Tribunals, Volume II: The Milch Case", "Wartime reports debunk Speer as the good Nazi", "Letter proves Speer knew of Holocaust plan", "Historiker ber Albert Speer: "Er tat alles fr den Endsieg", "Rechtfertigung und Entlastung. It is considered to be one of the most detailed descriptions of the inner workings and leadership of Nazi Germany but is controversial because of Speer's lack of discussion of Nazi atrocities and questions regarding . [84] Production of German fighter aircraft more than doubled between 1943 and 1944. [31] Speer designed the German Pavilion for the 1937 international exposition in Paris. [40] Speer was involved virtually from the beginning. It was used for Nazi propaganda rallies and can be seen in Leni Riefenstahl's propaganda film Triumph of the Will. The battle is infamous as one of the largest . ", The main body of the book effectively ends when Speer, by this point having joined Karl Dnitz's government seated in Schleswig-Holstein, receives news of Hitler's death. [11] As such, Speer taught some of his classes while continuing his own postgraduate studies. The journalist had unwittingly collaborated in one of his myths. [166] Another myth centered around a faked plan to assassinate Hitler with poisonous gas. 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[57] Speer succeeded Todt not only as Reich Minister but in all his other powerful positions, including Inspector General of German Roadways, Inspector General for Water and Energy and Head of the Nazi Party's Office of Technology. [173] In 2005, The Daily Telegraph reported that documents had surfaced indicating that Speer had approved the allocation of materials for the expansion of Auschwitz concentration camp after two of his assistants inspected the facility on a day when almost a thousand Jews were massacred. I'd like to know more about his life; all I know is that he was inside Stalingrad's. [49] Martin Kitchen described Speer's often repeated line that he knew nothing of the "dreadful things" as hollowbecause not only was he fully aware of the fate of the Jews he was actively participating in their persecution. When the commission was completed, Speer returned to Mannheim and remained there as Hitler took office in January1933. [120], On 18 July 1947, Speer was transferred to Spandau Prison in Berlin to serve his prison term. [174], Speer did not deny being present at the Posen speeches to Nazi leaders at a conference in Posen (Pozna) on 6 October 1943, but claimed to have left the auditorium before Himmler said during his speech: "The grave decision had to be taken to cause this people to vanish from the earth",[175] and later, "The Jews must be exterminated". Many more buildings were planned. [46] Eventually, 75,000 Jews were displaced by these measures. . Before World War II, Speer helped propel the Nazi vision of grandeur and superiority. Albert was active in sports, taking up skiing and mountaineering. "[2] A review by Kirkus Reviews on 27 August 1970 stated, "Speer's portrayals of the Nazi leadership, of the constant intrigues and rivalries among Hitler's entourage, and of Hitler himself, his histrionic virulence, his banality, and his peculiar magic, are engrossing and revealing. A lbert Speer was born in 1905 in Mannheim to an upper-middle-class family that had benefited from Germany's meteoric economic growth. He agreed to expand Auschwitz and some other camps, allocating 13.7 million Reichsmarks for the work to be carried out. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [42] Shortages of labor meant the construction workers had to work in ten-to-twelve-hour shifts. [56] Hitler appointed Speer in Todt's place. Speer's books were a success; the public was fascinated by an inside view of the Third Reich. [9] In 1925, he transferred again, this time to the Technical University of Berlin where he studied under Heinrich Tessenow, whom Speer greatly admired. [107] Speer visited the Fhrerbunker on 22 April for the last time. It is considered to be one of the most detailed descriptions of the inner workings and leadership of Nazi Germany but is controversial because of Speer's lack of discussion of Nazi . by. Finally, in the summer of 1943, Speer released the 1200 metric tons of uranium stock for use in solid-core ammunition. They paid for Toni Proost to go on holiday, and for bribes to those who might be able to secure Speer's release. The second season of the PBS series looks at Hitler's planning and the battle that would ultimately cripple the Third Reich. This miracle was brought to a halt in the summer of 1943 by, among other factors, the first sustained Allied bombing. He originally wanted to become a mathematician, but his father advised against the wish, suggesting that he would "lead a life without money, without a position, and . Speer's mother asked Albert to do something to get Ernst out. [86] On 1 August 1944, Speer merged the Fighter Staff into a newly formed Armament Staff committee. Victoria married. When asked by his Allied captors in 1945 to what extent German military strategy had been influenced by economic considerations, Albert Speer, Hitler's armaments minister, replied that in the case of OperationBarbarossathe need for oil was certainly a prime motive. Indeed, even during initial discussions of his plan to invade the Soviet Union, Hitler had stressed the absolute necessity of . Trevor-Roper frequently refers to Speer as "a technocrat [who] nourished a technocrat's philosophy", one who cared only for his building projects or his ministerial duties, and who thought that politics was irrelevant, at least until Hitler's Nero Decree which Speer, according to his own telling, worked assiduously to counter. Under Sereny's relentless questioning, Speer explored the past, trying to discover the truth which he had unconsciously kept hidden even from himself. Speer's illness coincided with the Allied "Big Week", a series of bombing raids on the German aircraft factories that were a devastating blow to aircraft production. [138] He said little, reserving most comments for a major interview published in Der Spiegel in November 1966. Startseite; Cytologie. Beginning in 1948, Speer had the services of Toni Proost, a sympathetic Dutch orderly to smuggle mail and his writings. [45] Kristallnacht accelerated Speer's ongoing efforts to dispossess Berlin's Jews from their homes. By July 1943 Speer's armaments propaganda became irrelevant because a catalogue of dramatic defeats on the battlefield meant the prospect of losing the war could no longer be hidden from the German public. The Battle of Stalingrad was a brutal military campaign between Russian forces and those of Nazi Germany and the Axis powers during World War II. Inventing for Speer the post of General Inspector of Buildings, Hitler steadily promoted him to the point where other Nazi leaders and rivals believed that he might well become Hitler's successor. However, his other brother Ernst had died in the Battle of Stalingrad, despite repeated requests from his parents for Speer to repatriate him. - London, 1. rujna 1981.) Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer ( Mannheim, 19. oujka 1905. [55] At the same time, Hitler also appointed Speer as head of the Organisation Todt, a massive, government-controlled construction company. His claim was revealed to be false in a private correspondence written in 1971 and publicly disclosed in 2007. [92] The rockets were built at an underground factory at Mittelwerk. [1] In 1944, Speer established a task force to increase production of fighter aircraft. Nobody else in Hitler's circle, not even Josef Goebbels, was shown such favoritism. 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