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Apr 9, 2024 · Albert Speer studied at various technical schools before acquiring an architectural license in 1927. After hearing Adolf Hitler speak at a Berlin rally in late 1930, Speer enthusiastically joined the Nazi Party (January 1931).
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- Albert Speer served as Adolf Hitler’s chief architect (1933–45) and minister for armaments and war production (1942–45). Speer’s commissions includ...
- At the Nürnberg trials, Albert Speer was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity, and he served a 20-year prison sentence. Following hi...
Speer was active in sports, taking up skiing and mountaineering. He followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather and studied architecture. 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.
Biography - Prof. Albert Speer. Having trained as a carpenter he studied Architecture. He planed entire cities all over the world. Professor Albert Speer was born in 1934 in Berlin; he initially trained as a carpenter and gained his high school leaving certificate before studying Architecture in Munich; he then went on to specialize in planning ...
As Allied troops and the U.N. War Crimes Commission closed in on Flensburg, one Nazi emerged as a man of particular interest: Albert Speer, the brilliant architect, minister of armaments and...
Jun 27, 2018 · Speer, Albert (1905–81). German architect of the Nazi period (1933–45). He studied under Bestelmeyer, Billing, and Tessenow, and rose to prominence on the death of Troost, becoming Adolf Hitler's (1889–1945) friend, confidant, and architect from 1934.
How do leaders of governments and organizations accused of mass atrocities rationalize their choices? Architect Albert Speer joined the Nazi Party in 1930, becoming Hitler's personal architect. He was later Minister of Armaments and Munitions in Nazi Germany.
He was educated in architectural studies at the Institute of Technology in Karlsruhe, and later at the Universities of Munich and Berlin. Inspired by Hitler's oratory prowess, he joined the National Socialist party in January 1931, where he developed a close friendship with Hitler.
