Bernard67Arnold
master brummie
Hello again, I have had a love affair with books for over 70 years, one of the best Ive read about the Nazi period in Germany is by Gitta Sereny and
called "Albert Speer; His Battle with Truth". Speer was the only one of the
Nazi who thought he had done wrong, the others either blamed Hitler or said what theyndid was the good of the Fatherland. The authur lived at
Speers house with the family after he came out of prison, and in a way this book is almost a autobiography.The book is compelling and
beautifully written and is the story of the Second world Warand its awful
aftermath seen through the life of an extraordinary man.
I therefore commend this book to the house. Bernard67Arnold.
called "Albert Speer; His Battle with Truth". Speer was the only one of the
Nazi who thought he had done wrong, the others either blamed Hitler or said what theyndid was the good of the Fatherland. The authur lived at
Speers house with the family after he came out of prison, and in a way this book is almost a autobiography.The book is compelling and
beautifully written and is the story of the Second world Warand its awful
aftermath seen through the life of an extraordinary man.
I therefore commend this book to the house. Bernard67Arnold.
Albert Speer believed the Nuremberg court's judgement was fair and took full responsibility for his participation. Using his time to read psychology, philosophy and metaphysics, basically anything non-political, Speer put himself through a serious self-examination to find out what happened, by writing clandestine notes intended for his children. The notes, Spandau: The Secret Diaries, and his autobiography, Inside The Third Reich, were published after his release and form the basis for much of what is know about Hitler and his inner circle. Speer's relation with Hitler did not commence immediately upon joining the party. He remained at the University and was unable to find work in the grim economy. As an automobile owner, he was hired to drive Hitler around Berlin in 1932. Doing such a good job, the head of Berlin district Hanke commissioned him to redo the headquarters, which Minister of Propaganda Goebbels appreciated. With Hitler's electoral triumph on March 5, 1933, Goebbels hired Speer to design the first Reichsparteitag, the annual Nazi Party rally, on the Zeppelinfield at Nuremberg. All architectural plans were to be approved by Hitler, a failed architectural student himself, and this gave Speer the occasion to finally meet him. Apparently, Hitler was fascinated by anyone who could create architectural drawings and took a special liking to Speer, inviting him to dinners with his inner circle