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  • Until the Nuremberg trial of the major war criminals, the name Albert Speer had made little impression on the Western world compared with those of other Nazis like Hermann Goering, Joseph Goebbels, and Heinrich Himmler.

    Hitler's Pal Craig, Gordon A. 2002

  • Is it not long accepted that there were such examples of a "Good NAZI", such as Albert Speer, or indeed, Werner Von Braun?

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • Hines suggests that historians begin to make “overt comparisons, formally and culturally, of the architecture of Pope and the frequently similar work of the German architect Albert Speer.”

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • Hitler also worked with his favorite architect, Albert Speer, on a complete redesign of Berlin that included an immense domed “Great Hall” connected by a three-mile-long avenue to the chancellery.

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • Hitler's Minister for Armaments, Albert Speer, recounted the effects of the use of new technology to deliver a uniform message in his trial in Nuremberg.

    Shawn Lawrence Otto: GOP Antiscientists Are Leading America Down a Dangerous Road Shawn Lawrence Otto 2011

  • The government was radicalized, leaving four National Socialist paladins wielding power over a fragmented political structure: Heinrich Himmler, Joseph Goebbels, Martin Bormann and Albert Speer.

    Fearsome Days Giles MacDonogh 2011

  • While his examination of Nazi art takes useful detours away from the time-worn trudge through lumpen Arcadias and leaden Valhallas to include discussion of the centralized Soviet-style control of artistic production, he devotes relatively little space to the party's sometimes brilliant manipulation of design, its use of spectacle—Albert Speer's cathedrals of light—or, even, the films of Leni Riefenstahl.

    Masters of the Dark Arts Andrew Stuttaford 2011

  • Built in 1927, the Nazis intended the enormous structure to be their gateway to Europe in Albert Speer's redesigned Berlin.

    Anselm Kiefer: 'art is difficult, it's not entertainment' 2011

  • Thames & Hudson Varieties of Dystopias: Imagined capital of the Third Reich, "Germania," model of the Great Hall, designed by Albert Speer .

    Imagining a Better World 2011

  • In "Der Architekt (The Architect)," from 1997, Albert Speer is a clumsy skier on holiday; in "Himmler" (1998), the SS chief is seen mostly in shadow, a sliver of his neutral facial expression hinting at the menace within.

    Belgium's Unifying Force Craig Winneker 2011

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