He admitted only to being uncomfortable around Jews in the published version of the Spandau Diaries. [145], Speer's memoirs were a phenomenal success. Efforts were made and a search of Ernst's unit ended in failure. See answer (1) Copy. [91], On 14 April 1944, Speer lost control of Organisation Todt to his Deputy, Franz Xaver Dorsch. [18], The organizers of the 1933 Nuremberg Rally asked Speer to submit designs for the rally, bringing him into contact with Hitler for the first time. It began in 1932 but had not supplied any weaponry. I knew that these must be Berlin Jews who were being evacuated. The second season of the PBS series looks at Hitler's planning and the battle that would ultimately cripple the Third Reich. sent during this battle. He was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity, principally for the use of slave labor, narrowly avoiding a death sentence. Speer's books were a success; the public was fascinated by an inside view of the Third Reich. [20], Shortly after Hitler came into power, he began to make plans to rebuild the chancellery. Contributor: C. Peter Chen ww2dbase Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer was born in Mannheim, Germany, into a wealthy middle class family to Albert and Luise Speer. Speer cancelled some hours before take-off because the previous night he had been up late in a meeting with Hitler. The battle is infamous as one of the largest . There were so many corpses at the Dora underground factory, for example, that the crematorium was overwhelmed. He lost Hitler's unconditional support and began to lose power. She married Prince Albert who was her cousin. [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. Figlio e nipote di architetti, Spee. [55] On 8 February 1942, Reich Minister of Armaments and Munitions Fritz Todt died in a plane crash shortly after taking off from Hitler's eastern headquarters at Rastenburg. [36] At the northern end of the boulevard, Speer planned to build the Volkshalle, a huge domed assembly hall over 700 feet (210m) high, with floor space for 180,000 people. This led to a significant German Army failure at the Battle of Prokhorovka, a major turning point on the Eastern Front against the Soviet Red Army. albert speers younger brother ernst was killed at Stalingrad Stars Laurence Olivier Averell Harriman Albert Speer See production, box office & company info Search on Amazon search for Blu-ray and DVD Add to Watchlist 120 User reviews 5 Critic reviews Top rated TV #14 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. Men da Moritz Schramm var barn, var det et andet blik, han havde p morfaren. - Han var ikke sdan en morfar, man sad p skdet af, og . By the autumn of 1942 however, the estimated period for developing a weapon had increased to three to four years, much too long to affect the war. A close ally of Adolf Hitler, he was convicted at the Nuremberg trials and sentenced to 20 years in prison. 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. He was credited with a dramatic increase in the shipment of arms that was widely reported as keeping Germany in the war. Speer's desperate mother called Speer . "[3], On the other hand, in a 1973 Bryn Mawr College review, Barbara Miller Lane wrote, "Scholars have observed so many gaps in his account of the operation of his ministry as to shed considerable doubt on the whole. [40] Speer was involved virtually from the beginning. Germany's armaments production had already begun to result in increases under his predecessor, Todt. [52] Speer's building work made him among the wealthiest of the Nazi elite. Speer's full length portrait of Hitler has unnerving reality. by PanzerKavallerie 27 Jul 2005, 07:49, Post [155] Speer even invented his own birth's circumstances, stating falsely that he was born at midday amid crashes of thunder and bells of the nearby Christ Church, whereas it was between three and five o'clock, and the church was built only some years after. by punktlich02 29 Oct 2009, 11:35, Return to The Dieter Zinke Axis Biographical Research Section. ", 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. [21] As Chancellor, Hitler had a residence in the building and came by every day to be briefed by Speer and the building supervisor on the progress of the renovations. Speer believed his greatest work, the one that would truly stand the test of time was the Zeppelinfeld in Nrnberg, which held up to 340,000 people, and the Cathedral of Lights he orchestrated for nighttime Nazi rallies with 130 anti-aircraft searchlights placed around it. It was only on the urgent advice of his publisher that he added a mention of seeing the ruins of the Central Synagogue in Berlin from his car. [56] Hitler appointed Speer in Todt's place. [1] In 1944, Speer established a task force to increase production of fighter aircraft. Profile manager: Gordon Becker [ send private message ] [178] The production of armaments did go up; however, this was due to the normal causes of reorganization before Speer came to office, the relentless mobilization of slave labor and a deliberate reduction in the quality of output to favor quantity. Speer, Jr., an eighty-two-year-old with a perennially serious expression and a fondness for energetic hand motions, is one of Germany's best-known urban planners. . Speer studied at the technical schools in Karlsruhe, Munich, and Berlin, and acquired an architectural license in 1927. Albert was active in sports, taking up skiing and mountaineering. Albert Speer, Hitler's architect, who became Minister of Armaments and War Production in World War II, died today at St. Mary's Hospital. He goes on to say that at the Nuremberg Trial he stated he "had to share the total responsibility for all that had happened", and that he "was inescapably contaminated morally". 1971. [89] To increase production, Speer introduced a system of punishments for his workforce. "[4] Martin Kitchen's 2015 biography of Speer comes to much the same conclusion. Post [39], Plans to build a new Reich chancellery had been underway since 1934. [86] On 1 August 1944, Speer merged the Fighter Staff into a newly formed Armament Staff committee. Three days later, he also proposed to Hitler that Germany's remaining military resources be concentrated along the Rhine and Vistula rivers in an attempt to prolong the fighting. The existing Berlin railroad termini were to be dismantled, and two large new stations built. [8] In 1924, when the crisis had abated, he transferred to the "much more reputable" Technical University of Munich. [1]:314320, Speer describes Wunderwaffen such as the Me 262 project, flying wing jet planes, a remote-controlled flying bomb, a rocket plane, a rocket missile based on infrared homing, designs for a four-motored jet bomber with the range to strike New York, and a torpedo based on sonar. bio je arhitekt i ministar naoruanja u nacistikoj Njemakoj. Neither the organizers nor Rudolf Hess were willing to decide whether to approve the plans, and Hess sent Speer to Hitler's Munich apartment to seek his approval. The V-2's first target was Paris on 8 September 1944. His sentence of twenty years amounted to 7,305 days, which only allotted one and a half days per book. Through his autobiographies and interviews, Speer carefully constructed an image of himself as a man who deeply regretted having failed to discover the monstrous crimes of the Third Reich. Speer was born in Mannheim, into an upper-middle-class family. It was used for Nazi propaganda rallies and can be seen in Leni Riefenstahl's propaganda film Triumph of the Will. Speer has paid his penance for his part of the inner circle and had come to the realization of Germany's reality during WWII. Albert Einstein lived in the USA, so was not where the holocaust The Fhrer emerges as neither an incompetent nor a carpetgnawing madman but as an evil genius of warped concepts endowed with an ineffable personal magic. [153] He was well-educated, middle class, and bourgeois, and could contrast himself with those who, in the popular mind, typified "bad Nazis". This criticism is mainly presented by the documentary film "Speer Goes to Hollywood" by the director Vanessa Lapa. [28], One of Speer's first commissions after Troost's death was the Zeppelinfeld stadium in Nuremberg. Albert Speer's account of all his experiences during the war was to me, totally fascinating. Prisoners worked for Junkers, Messerschmitt, Henschel and BMW, among others. [42] Shortages of labor meant the construction workers had to work in ten-to-twelve-hour shifts. Speer was born in Mannheim, Germany on March 19, 1905, to Luise and Albert. 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. The exterior walls survived, but they were eventually dismantled by the Soviets. Speer first heard Adolf Hitler speak during an address to the combined students and faculty of Berlin University and his institute. like so many other Germans his body was never found or returned to . It will begin in Norway and extend to northern Italy. Another myth posits that Speer revolutionized the German war machine after his appointment as Minister of Armaments. If Speer, who had been so close to Hitler, had not known the full extent of the crimes of the Nazi regime and had just been "following orders", then they could tell themselves and others they too had done the same. Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer, commonly known as Albert Speer (March 19, 1905 - September 1, 1981), was an architect, author and high-ranking Nazi German government official, sometimes called "the first architect of the Third Reich ." Yet development and production would take at least two years. [10] After passing his exams in 1927, Speer became Tessenow's assistant, a high honor for a man of 22. His architectural skills made him increasingly prominent within the Party, and he became a member of Hitler's inner circle. It became instrumental in exploiting slave labor for the benefit of the German war effort. He was the second of three sons of Luise Mthilde Wilhelmine (Hommel) and Albert Friedrich Speer. FRANKFURT Albert Speer Jr., an internationally prominent architect who sought throughout his life to distance himself from the dark legacy of his father, a member of Adolf . In the letter, Speer says, "There is no doubtI was present as Himmler announced on October 6, 1943, that all Jews would be killed. Speer's mother asked Albert to do something to get Ernst out. Startseite; Cytologie. [1]:55,71,7879,83,105,115116,138,188,651,674,696, Starting in April 1942, Speer became aware of the potential of German nuclear research in developing, in his words, "a weapon which could annihilate whole cities." [30] Nuremberg was the site of many official Nazi buildings. In this capacity he was responsible for the Central Department for Resettlement that evicted Jewish tenants from their homes in Berlin. 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 . Despite his opposition to the 20 July plot, he falsely claimed in his memoirs to have been sympathetic to the plotters. Study now. This was probably the start of the downfall of the Reich. [84] Production of German fighter aircraft more than doubled between 1943 and 1944. A groundbreaking 26-part documentary series narrated by the actor Laurence Olivier about the deadliest conflict in history, World War II. I was searching for information about Ernst (?) [104] During a meeting with Speer on 28/29 March, Hitler rescinded the decree and gave him authority over demolitions. 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. 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 . All of the Germanic peoples will be included in it. [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. Speer was formally arrested on May 23rd. [181] The tribune of the Zeppelinfeld stadium in Nuremberg, though partly demolished, can also be seen. He lost yet more authority. They're private residences. Speer was born in Mannheim, into an upper-middle-class family. Stalingrad was a classic example where he refused to provide the equipment necessary to supply his army on the Eastern front during the terrible winter of 1941. Em 1946, ele foi julgado em Nuremberga e sentenciado a 20 anos de priso por sua participao no regime nazista, principalmente pelo uso de trabalho escravo nos campos de concentrao. Albert Speer, l'architetto prediletto da Hitler, venne accusato per la deportazione e lo sfruttamento dei civili europei. Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer (German: [pe] ( listen); March 19, 1905 - September 1, 1981) was a German architect who was, for a part of World War II, Minister of Armaments and War Production for the Third Reich. A scene from 'Rise of the Nazis' Photo: 72 Films. [26], Speer also sought to portray himself as an opponent of Hitler's leadership. 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. Hitler appointed Speer as head of the Chief Office for Construction, which placed him nominally on Hess's staff. [107] Speer visited the Fhrerbunker on 22 April for the last time. Included in the building works was material to build gas chambers, crematoria and morgues. body was never found or returned to the family and there are some Speer-Weber, Magarete, born 08-09-1905 in Heidelberg, lived there all her live, they also had a house near Hitler's Berghof on the Obersalzberg and was a girlfriend of Eva Braun (see Braun parents) and a regular visitor on the Berghof of Berchtesgaden. by PanzerKavallerie 27 Jul 2005, 16:15, Post letters that exist between ernst and the parents which he wrote and 4.10 avg rating 13,205 ratings published 1969 86 editions. [121] There he was known as Prisoner Number Five. Inside the Third Reich. Speer's joint undertaking with the SS leadership resulted in the creation of Mittelwerk (Central Works) for underground production of the V-2. Under his leadership, the Nazis implemented a brutal regime of slave labour in armaments factories across Germany. During the winter of 194142, in the light of Germany's disastrous defeat in the Battle of Moscow, the German leadership including Friedrich Fromm, Georg Thomas and Fritz Todt had come to the conclusion that the war could not be won. The myth began to fall apart in the 1980s, when the armaments miracle was attributed to Nazi propaganda. Beginning in 1948, Speer had the services of Toni Proost, a sympathetic Dutch orderly to smuggle mail and his writings. This led to the development of Germany's first cyclotron. The relationship was frowned upon by Speer's class-conscious mother, who felt the Webers were socially inferior. He remained so even after his release from imprisonment in 1966, despite their efforts to forge closer bonds. [7], Speer began his architectural studies at the University of Karlsruhe instead of a more highly acclaimed institution because the hyperinflation crisis of 1923 limited his parents' income. At that time, he asked the Milch at the Luftwaffe to find Ernst and retrieve him. Albert Speer ( 19. bezna 1905 Mannheim - 1. z 1981 Londn ), celm jmnem Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer, byl hlavn architekt Adolfa Hitlera a pozdji ministr zbrojnho a vlenho prmyslu nacistickho Nmecka. [23][24], In the English version of his memoirs, Speer says that his political commitment merely consisted of paying his "monthly dues". [154] In his memoirs and interviews, he had distorted the truth and made so many major omissions that his lies became known as "myths". Importantly, he provided an alibi to older Germans who had been Nazis. "[4] His brothers, Ernst and Hermann, bullied him throughout his childhood. [44] The chancellery was completed in early January 1939. Nobody else in Hitler's circle, not even Josef Goebbels, was shown such favoritism. "[115] Speer's attorney, Hans Flchsner, successfully contrasted Speer from other defendants[116] and portrayed him as an artist thrust into political life who had always remained a non-ideologue. Detailed plans were completed in July 1937 and the first shell of the new chancellery was complete on 1 January 1938. He had become one of the most powerful people in Nazi Germany. Albert Speer. Speer was appalled by this order, and persuaded several key military and political leaders to ignore it. [139] Although he stated he hoped to resume an architectural career, his sole project, a collaboration for a brewery, was unsuccessful. [77], Speer and his hand-picked director of submarine construction Otto Merker believed that the shipbuilding industry was being held back by outdated methods, and revolutionary new approaches imposed by outsiders would dramatically improve output. [43] The building itself was hailed by Hitler as the "crowning glory of the greater German political empire". Instead, he issued the "Nero Decree" on 19 March, which called for the destruction of all infrastructure as the army retreated. [81], In response to the Allied Big Week, Adolf Hitler authorized the creation of a Fighter Staff committee. he is one of Germany's top architects. [15] Instead, he revised his Spandau writings into two autobiographical books, Inside the Third Reich (in German, Erinnerungen, or Reminiscences[140]) and Spandau: The Secret Diaries. [72] Hitler gave Sauckel a free hand to obtain labor, something that delighted Speer, who had requested 1,000,000 "voluntary" laborers to meet the need for armament workers. [85] The growth, however, consisted in large part of models that were becoming obsolescent and proved easy prey for Allied aircraft. Albert Speer, Germany Architect. These factories were death-traps; discipline was brutal, with regular executions. Albert Speer in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland", Francisco Boix identifies Speer at Nuremberg, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Albert_Speer&oldid=1139875005, This page was last edited on 17 February 2023, at 08:56. [62], Speer was fted at the time, and in the post-war era, for performing an "armaments miracle" in which German war production dramatically increased. He fabricated the additional details. Gring was reluctant to grant this. [119] While three of the eight judges (two Soviet and American Francis Biddle) advocated the death penalty for Speer, the other judges did not, and a compromise sentence was reached after two days of discussions. He suffered a stroke and died in London on 1 September. Adam Tooze wrote in The Wages of Destruction that the idea that Speer was an apolitical technocrat was "absurd". [80], In December 1943, Speer visited Organisation Todt workers in Lapland, while there he seriously damaged his knee and was incapacitated for several months. After hearing Hitler speak at a Berlin . After he failed to do so, his father gave him a part-time job as manager of his properties. 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. This movie is based on Speer's autobiography of the same name. In the World War II, Hitler appointed him as the Minister of Armaments and War Production for Germany. [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. 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 . 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