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Speer's offices undertook building work for each branch of the military, and for the SS, using slave labor. Speer's building work made him among the wealthiest of the Nazi elite. Minister of Armaments Appointment and increasing power
Hitler was fascinated by the Roman empire and its architecture, which he imitated with a stripped-down style called "starved neo-Classicism." In 1934, he put Albert Speer in charge of building construction and began an ambitious program to create massive public buildings, including a Führermuseum in Linz, Austria.
Apr 9, 2024 · Albert Speer (born March 19, 1905, Mannheim, Baden, Germany—died September 1, 1981, London, England) was a German architect who was Adolf Hitler ’s chief architect (1933–45) and minister for armaments and war production (1942–45). Speer studied at the technical schools in Karlsruhe, Munich, and Berlin, and acquired an architectural license in 1927.
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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...
- Albert Speer studied at various technical schools before acquiring an architectural license in 1927. After hearing Adolf Hitler speak at a Berlin r...
- 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...
May 5, 2017 · Speer, Sr., was charged with carrying out two of the most notorious architectural projects of the Third Reich: the construction of Hitler’s new Berlin Reich Chancellery—which was to be the...
Model of the Große Halle. The Volkshalle ("People's Hall"), also called Große Halle ("Great Hall") or Ruhmeshalle ("Hall of Glory"), was a proposal for a monumental, domed building to be built in a reconstituted Berlin (renamed as Germania) in Nazi Germany. The project was conceived by Adolf Hitler and designed by his architect Albert Speer.
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Features. ARCHITECTURE AS A WEAPON: HITLER’S SPEER. By Bernhard Leitner. IN HIS VIEW OF THE past Albert Speer, Hitler’s architect, seems to miss the point somewhat. He talks about proportions in describing a door, whereas the point is that the door has been built to enslave everyone entering through it. The unpolitical architect.
Mar 21, 2016 · Albert Speer's work has come to define fascist architecture. ... More than 4,000 workers labored around the clock to complete the building, and production finished 48 hours ahead of schedule ...
