| Albert Speer: Conversations with Hitler's Architect Contributor(s): Fest, Joachim C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0745639186 ISBN-13: 9780745639185 Publisher: Polity Press OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2007 Annotation: Albert Speer remains the most mysterious character of the leadership of the Nazi regime. He was the chief architect of the Third Reich and Adolf Hitler's confidant. Speer built the "Reichskanzlei" (official offices), discovered the "Lightdome" and was finally, in 1942, named as the minister for arms. But he characterised himself as apolitical, called Hitler's hatred of Jews an anomaly, and the conspirators of the 20th July placed Speer's name on their cabinet list. Joachim Fest helped Albert Speer to draft his "memoirs" and the Spandau diaries. Between 1966 and 1981 they conducted numerous detailed conversations whose content (and at times exact wording) Joachim Fest recorded in writing after the event. The records captured in this manner are now published for the first time in this book and they provide a unique portrait of Albert Speer - of the man, his thinking and his role in the Nazi regime. They are an important contribution to understanding the psychology of the national socialist leadership and at the same time a significant document of history. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Artists, Architects, Photographers - History | Military - World War Ii |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.95" H x 5.82" W x 8.38" (0.88 lbs) 180 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1930's - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Germany |
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| Publisher Description: Albert Speer remains the most mysterious character of the leadership of the Nazi regime. He was the chief architect of the Third Reich and Adolf Hitler's confidant. Speer built the "Reichskanzlei" (official offices), discovered the "Lightdome" and was finally, in 1942, named as the minister for arms. But he characterised himself as apolitical, called Hitler's hatred of Jews an anomaly, and the conspirators of the 20th July placed Speer's name on their cabinet list.
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