The Role Of Albert Speer In The Nazi Regime
Albert Speer
Outline Albert Speer’s Role within the Nazi regime
Albert Speer’s Role in the Nazi Regime primarily was centred on a couple of areas, his work as the General Building Inspector (GBI), the chief architect of the Reich and his role as Armaments Minister. Speer’s ascendancy within the Nazi hierarchy has been described by Henry King as ‘vertical and ladder like, Speer was an intelligent, affluent and well educated man and there is no doubt that he made a remarkable progression through the ranks of the Nazi Party. In less than ten years Albert Speer no longer was the humble architect but became the master of the German economy and production in Germany.
In December 1930 Speer attended a Nazi rally after he had heard some of his students discussing the policies of the Nazi party, and was intrigued to learn more about Hitler. In attending the Nazi rally, Speer became fixated upon the extraordinary oratory skills of Hitler whom on the occasion dressed professionally in a suit. Speer applied for membership and was accepted on the 1st of March …show more content…
Speer survived the Nuremberg Trials, by appearing less culpable in the organisation and implementation of crimes against humanity than his fellow defendants. He accepted collective responsibility for the atrocities committed by Hitler’s regime, but denied knowledge of the final solution until May 1945, after the German surrender. This differentiated Speer from the other Nazi elite, whom knew of the persecution against the Jews. Speer argued that when he joined the Nazi party in 1931, he did not research the aims of the party, of which anti Semitism had a crucial role in the policy making of the third Reich. He expressed guilt for his naiveté and, in this extract from Inside the Third Reich and judges himself perhaps more harshly than
Outline Albert Speer’s Role within the Nazi regime
Albert Speer’s Role in the Nazi Regime primarily was centred on a couple of areas, his work as the General Building Inspector (GBI), the chief architect of the Reich and his role as Armaments Minister. Speer’s ascendancy within the Nazi hierarchy has been described by Henry King as ‘vertical and ladder like, Speer was an intelligent, affluent and well educated man and there is no doubt that he made a remarkable progression through the ranks of the Nazi Party. In less than ten years Albert Speer no longer was the humble architect but became the master of the German economy and production in Germany.
In December 1930 Speer attended a Nazi rally after he had heard some of his students discussing the policies of the Nazi party, and was intrigued to learn more about Hitler. In attending the Nazi rally, Speer became fixated upon the extraordinary oratory skills of Hitler whom on the occasion dressed professionally in a suit. Speer applied for membership and was accepted on the 1st of March …show more content…
Speer survived the Nuremberg Trials, by appearing less culpable in the organisation and implementation of crimes against humanity than his fellow defendants. He accepted collective responsibility for the atrocities committed by Hitler’s regime, but denied knowledge of the final solution until May 1945, after the German surrender. This differentiated Speer from the other Nazi elite, whom knew of the persecution against the Jews. Speer argued that when he joined the Nazi party in 1931, he did not research the aims of the party, of which anti Semitism had a crucial role in the policy making of the third Reich. He expressed guilt for his naiveté and, in this extract from Inside the Third Reich and judges himself perhaps more harshly than