Mar 12, 2011 albert speer is known to history as both the devils architect and the nazi who said sorry. As the nazi wha said sairy, loweralpha 2 he acceptit moral responsibility at the nuremberg trials an in his memoirs for complicity in crimes o the nazi regime, while inseestin he haed been ignorant o the holocaust. Speer built the reichskanzlei official offices, discovered the lightdome and was finally, in 1942, named as the minister for arms. This biography profiles his childhood, personal life, career, relations with hitler, subsequent capture and other facts. This is a documentary focused on the work of albert speer, hitlers personal architect and minister for armaments from 1942. Albert speer remains the most mysterious character of the leadership of the nazi regime. Another deficiency arises from the fact that after 1942 the index probably also included both armament goods that were produced in occupied countries5 and older. Albert speer, hitlers architect, who became minister of armaments and war production in world war ii, died today at st. His grandfather, albert friedrich speer, was also an architect.
Albert speer, who died in early september in london, was germanys minister of armaments and war production from 1942 till the end of the war. Shortly thereafter he was made a department head in the german labour front and the official in charge of capital construction on the staff of the deputy to the fuehrer, positions which he held through 1941. Hitler and speer final meeting downfall scene youtube. Albert speer was born on 19 march 1905 in mannhein, the son of prosperous upper middle class family of master builders his father was one of the busiest architects in the city. Dvdripdxo extended subs eng spa cze dut gre heb pol nor dan swe fin torrent for free, hd full movie streaming also available in limetorrents. The program not only examines the actions of these infamous men, but probes their psychological makeup, determining how they earned hitlers trust, became blindly loyal to the. Sep 17, 2017 german architect albert speer, who knew hitler as a nice uncle, dead at 83 eldest son of top nazi war criminal known as the devils architect, speer jr. The central conflict here is between hopkins and albert speer, his minister of arms and war production. Phil donahue on interviewing albert speer emmytvlegends.
His architectural skills made him increasingly prominent. Bunker film is too kind to nazis uk news the guardian. In 1934, he was made hitlers architect and became a close personal confidant. The architect albert speer ww2 military history documentary profile of albert speer, who masterminded nazi propaganda and helped hitler draw up plans for a. Downfall is an illuminating, thoughtful and detailed account of hitlers last. The candor and lies of nazi officer albert speer the minister of armaments was happy to tell his captors about the war machine he had built. He served hitler faithfully, but his heart was in architecture, not in politics. Jan 08, 20 the candor and lies of nazi officer albert speer the minister of armaments was happy to tell his captors about the war machine he had built. Speer wis adolf hitlers chief airchitect afore assumin meenisterial office. In 1978 robert hughes interviewed albert speer, the architect of hitlers grim vision. Whereby the relationship was not formed around roles, events or political ideology, but instead around their love for architecture and art. With bruno ganz, alexandra maria lara, ulrich matthes, juliane kohler. In 1918, the family leased their mannheim residence and moved to a home they had in heidelberg.
Inside the third reich is a lengthy in my edition, seven hundred pages, not including notes, bibliography or index memoir written by albert speer, focusing on the years between 1933 and 1945 when he was hitlers architect, his minister of arms and munitions, and probably one of the closest things hitler had to a friend. Albert speer was a german architect and served as a minister for nazi germany during the second world war. The first half deals with speer and hitler planning and building monuments to the nazi party. The architect albert speer ww2 military history documentary profile of albert speer, who masterminded nazi propaganda and helped hitler draw up plans for a new berlin. Albert speer met margarete weber in mid 1922 and immediately fell in love with her. These two conflicting monikers would appear to suggest speer was a willing participant in the plans of adolf hitler that is, until he realized the war was lost for germany and tried to distance himself from the dictator. As hitlers personal architect, his massive concrete constructions gave reality to the fuehrers dream. When the end finally does comes, and hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the battle of berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender. Facing inevitable defeat, hilters moods range from defiance to fight or flee, remain loyal or opt for selfpreservation. Speer built the reichskanzlei official offices, discovered the lightdome and was finally, in.
Speer was hitlers architect and later minister of armaments. Inside the third reich, by albert speer download torrent tpb. Bbc this documentary is useful for understanding speer s approach to architecture, his style, but also. Throughout the thirties, the two met on an almost daily basis in berlin or munich. Significance to nazi party as architect albert speer. Fest in 2003, whose previous works hitler, the face of the third reich, and plotting hitler. Rereading albert speers inside the third reich the new. The son of a cargo vessel skipper, he was on stage for the first time in his life at the age of 15, while he was still attending grammar school. A brilliant architect, he built ostentatious monuments and controlled germanys wartime industry. Albert speer was the minister of armaments and war production in nazi germany during most of world war ii.
He was the second of three sons of albert and luise speer. The candor and lies of nazi officer albert speer history. Albert speer, which was more of the same, but less so. However, speers mother was not very excited to have margarete as her daughterinlaw and abhorred their relationship, claiming that she belonged to the lower class of germans. Albert speer with hitler the only time in my life i met albert speer face to face was in april 1933. Traudl junge, the final secretary for adolf hitler, tells of the nazi dictators final days in his berlin bunker at the end of wwii. When relaxing in the berchtesgaden mountains, they went by themselves on afternoon walks, rejoicing in mutual fantasies mostly about art and architecture. Speer was a member of the reichstag from 1941 until the end of the war. Albert speer, german architect who was adolf hitlers chief architect 193345 and minister for armaments and war production 194245. Hitlers best friend the debate over albert speers responsibility for nazi war crimes rages on in a new biography of the third reichs master architect and planner. We have only one source for albert speers claim that he confessed in the. Albert speer, 1 one of hitlers closest confidants and minister of armaments in the third reich, who was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment at the nuremberg trial of german major war criminals, in an affidavit, sworn and signed at munich on 15th june 1977, deposed as follows. Chimamanda ngozi adichi looks back at albert speers inside the third reich, which she read at age ten, and its lessons for the current moment.
Full text of inside the third reich internet archive. Albert speer was adolf hitlers intimate and trusted friend. 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 speers lack of discussion of nazi. If hitler ever had any friends, speer would have been his closest. In 1918, the family moved permanently to their summer home, schlosswolfsbrunnenweg, in heidelberg. He was one of germanys most respected architects and urban planners in his own right, but spent much. From the acclaimed reputations series, the film examines speers. Was armament minister albert speer really responsible for.
The final verdict by the late german author joachim c. Sep 26, 2002 hitlers best friend the debate over albert speer s responsibility for nazi war crimes rages on in a new biography of the third reichs master architect and planner. From the acclaimed reputations series, the film examines speer s. Last words by albert speer at the nuremberg trials with subtitles duration. Download the bunker 1981 yify torrent for 720p mp4 movie. Til that hitlers chief architect, albert speer, was. In his office, hitler talks to minister of armaments albert speer about his scorched earth policy. Its the last days of adolf hitler, april 1945, and hitlers personal secretary traudl junge finds herself in the fuhrers bunker. German architect albert speer, who knew hitler as a nice. Kitchen emeritus, historysimon fraser univ the third reich. Albert speer is known to history as both the devils architect and the nazi who said sorry. Albert speer had a unique relationship with hitler. A man of profound contradictions, albert speer was a cultivated intellectual who allied himself with the 20thcenturys most horrifying embodiment of evil. Speer was born in mannheim, germany, into a wealthy middle class family.
Speer was born in mannheim, into an uppermiddleclass family. Gitta sereny, who has written prolifically about the third reich and spent 12 years working with albert speer and a large number of people who knew him, tells the story of his life in considerable detail and tries to establish whether he spoke the truth about what he knew of hitlers horrors. He later published popular books about the third reich. Albert speer, the literal architect of the third reich, speaks truth to power, telling. Historians have condemned downfall, the new film about the last. 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. Heino ferch born 18 august 1963 is an awardwinning german film and television actor, who played albert speer in the 2004 film downfall and for his massive number of roles. The scene of albert speers last interview with adolf hitler reflects the account in speers published autobiography speer confesses to disobeying hitlers nero. He was the son of albert speer 190581, adolf hitlers chief architect before assuming the office of minister of armaments and war production for the third reich during world war ii. After world war ii, speer was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Feb 02, 2014 this is a documentary focused on the work of albert speer, hitlers personal architect and minister for armaments from 1942. Rereading albert speers inside the third reich the. Bbc this documentary is useful for understanding speers approach to architecture, his style, but also his achievements and challenges that he faced as being the most powerful architect in the world. King, deputy prosecutor at the nuremberg trials who later wrote a book about speer. Albert speer, who drops in from organising the new europe. Hitler was fond of speer, considering both of them the architect and the erstwhile painter to be artists. The tribunal is of opinion that speer s activities do not amount to initiating, planning, or preparing wars of aggression, or of conspiring to that end.
Aug 01, 2017 chimamanda ngozi adichi looks back at albert speers inside the third reich, which she read at age ten, and its lessons for the current moment. Both attempts are as exasperating as they are exhaustive. Download inside the third reich, by albert speer torrent or any other torrent from other ebooks direct download via magnet link. His battle with truth is a dense but wellwritten, meticulously researched and brilliant tome by the londonbased journalist gitta sereny, reconsidering the colorful life, memorable tribulations and profound ethical and moral conflicts of the third reichs master technocrat. But he mislaid the tape recording of their meeting and it was lost. German architect albert speer, who knew hitler as a nice uncle, dead at 83 eldest son of top nazi war criminal known as the devils architect, speer jr. Albert speer was a cultivated intellectual who allied himself with the 20thcenturys most horrifying embodiment of evil. Another work on the growing antispeer bookshelf was the blockbuster tome speer. As a member of the stage ballet company in the musical cancan he performed. Sep 02, 1981 albert speer, hitlers architect, who became minister of armaments and war production in world war ii, died today at st. Til that hitlers chief architect, albert speer, was an adherent of the theory of ruin value.
Inside the third reich, by albert speer download torrent. As the minister in charge of all industrial and arms production during the last three years of the second world war, he was effectively the second most powerful man in germany after adolf hitler himself. Link \abbagliato dalle possibilita della tecnica, l\ho servita negli anni decisivi della mia esistenza. Albert speer is the only leading nazi to take responsibility for his actions during world war ii. Speer was a brilliant architect and industrialist, a relatively young handsome officer played here by richard jordan. Speer came to the attention of hitler in his capacity as an architect.
Speer was educated at the institute of technology in karlsruhe, completing his architectural studies in munich and berlin. Inside the third reich is a memoir written by albert speer, the nazi minister of armaments from 1942 to 1945, serving as hitlers main architect before this period. He was the chief architect of the third reich and adolf hitlers confidant. In 2008 speers son, namesake, and heirarchitect albert speer jr. He was a young man of twentyeight on the threshold of an amazing career, but let me confess it i failed to detect anything about him to suggest he might make news one day. She was the daughter of a successful craftsman and businessman. During hitlers final months, speer, the protege would turn against his master. Dvdripdxo extended subs eng spa cze dut gre heb pol nor dan swe fin torrent for free, hd full movie streaming also available in limetorrents all torrents anime applications games movies music tv shows other documentaries xxx. A close ally of adolf hitler, he was convicted at the nuremberg trials and sentenced to 20 years in prison. But it was a different story when he was asked about. An architect by training, speer joined the nazi party in 1931. March 19, 1905 september 1, 1981 was the minister of armaments and war production in nazi germany during most of world war ii. Hitlers henchmen series 1 tells the story of the six very different men who formed the inner circle of the nazi regime goebbels, goring, himmler, hess, speer and donitz.
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