Albert Speer's Dichotomy

Albert Speer, first architect of the ‘The Third Reich’, and the Minister of Armament and Munitions played a significant role in Germany’s war effort directly and indirectly. As Hitler’s architect and Nazi party member he restored the German people’s confidence in Nazi regime through his grand propaganda rally sites and as Minister of Armaments and Munitions he improved the Germany’s war effort by increasing the production of weapons. Although, he was also criticized by many historians for his role in forced labor camps and killing of Jews but in the end he was able to convince some of the critics by opposing Hitler’s Schored earth policy and preventing the destruction of Germany’s infrastructure. In his position as Germany’s architect from

Albert Speer: Albert Speer was born in Mannheim, Germany, on March 19, 1905. He applied to be in the Nazi party on March 31, 1931; the first time contacted Hitler was in 1933. Albert Speer was an architect and Minister of Armaments and War Production for Germany in World War II. In 1942 he was made minister for armaments and mutations which he was able to triple between the years 1942 and 1943. He took responsibility for his crimes of the Nazi Regime in the Nuremberg

It is because of Speer that evicted a mass amount of Berlin Jews from their homes, hence, sentencing them to concentration camps. This has led to many historians to determine Speer as someone who had not only worked closely with Hitler however, had also known about the worst within the Nazi regime including the treatment of individuals and the Holocaust. Historian Matthais Schmidt argues that Speer lacks to tell definite details about his

This book also uncovers how a few Nazis like Arthur Rudolph were glorified in America. For Example, Although Rudolph contributed the moon landing rocket, he used camp slave labors back when he was a Nazi to build enough V-2 rockets for Hitler. I was very blindsided on what occurred to those who participated in the War Crimes and Holocaust survivors after World War II. The Nazis Next Door really cleared up the confusion and taught me about the Nazi’s contribution during the Cold

The plan was justified as a way of preventing the invading allied forces creating bases in Germany. Speer refused to follow hitler’s orders. He viewed the destruction as wasteful action. He was also aware of Hitler’s failing health and increasingly wild decision making. Speer spent the last months of the war trying to save Germanys manufacturing base and resisting Hiler’s Scorched Earth Policy.

Whilst individuals can affect the course of history, they are more likely to become a product of events. Such a statement is true regarding Albert Speer as his work in designing rallies and the Reich Chancellery in Nazi Germany had the ability to shape history, however, his impact was significantly a result of the events he was made a part of rather than his own ambition. Therefore, Speer’s contributions combined with the projects which were given to him significantly support the notion that he was shaped by events. Through opportunities to design influential rallies and the Reich chancellery, Speer was able to grow into a political figure, and furthermore prove he significantly shaped events. Such success was due to Speers actions as he

When Elie first started his Journey to the concentration camp, hundreds were crammed into tiny cattle cars with little room and almost no necessary products for life. Elie’s account states, “Crammed into cattle cars by the Hungarian police, they cried silently. The train disappeared over the horizon; all that was left was thick, dirty smoke” (Weisel, Night 6). This memory Elie shared with his audience shows how vulnerable Jews are at this time. The Germans didn’t care about the conditions and the heartache the Jews endured.

The unbelievable genocide during the Nazi’s regime has already happened; is the past that one could learn from. Realization and regret most likely appeared after an action had been done. Roger Forsgren composes the “Architecture of Evil”, which is the story of Albert Speer with the combination of the history of Nazi’s evil action. In his essay, it shows how Speer gain his authority during his era as a minister, during his days in the Nazi’s regime, there was no sign of realization of how bad his action was. The way Forsgren assume about his audience helps his essay in a way that it is easy to understand and has strong and detailed background information.

Tim Snyder’s “Bloodlands” gives a detailed history of Europe during the reigns of Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin. In “Bloodlands” Snyder’s main point is to describe that although Hitler and Stalin had conflicting goals and viewpoints, their actions directly affected one another and resulted in one of the most horrific time periods in European history. Timothy Snyder is an American author and historian who specializes in the Holocaust and Central and Western Europe. After graduating high school, Snyder received his Bachelor’s degree from Brown University and his Doctorate from Oxford University; Snyder also has held fellowships Paris, Vienna, and Warsaw (Timothy Snyder, 2018).

This shocking excerpt, from the infamous book that helped Hitler and the Nazi party gain control of Germany, shows that Henry Ford had deeper ties with anti-Semitism than simple publications on his private

Maggie Horn Ms. O’Keeffe English 1 8th hour 15 February 2017 Hermann Goring: Powerful Coward Hermann Göring was a Nazi who helped organize the killing of Jews. Surprisingly this man had a soft side to him, he raised lions and would donate money to the national lion society. He seems like a nice fellow, but throughout this essay it teaches people not to judge someone by there appearance completely (Holocaust Museum).Hermann Göring and Hitler had a very close connection because they were very fond of eachother. In Nazi Germany, Hermann Göring helped Hitler rise to power, he commanded the Air Force, and he helped implement the Final Solution (Gale group). Hermann Göring helped Hitler rise to power.

Experts claim that the title of the most inhumane event in human history goes to the Holocaust. Elie Wiesel’s memoir Night describes the horrors of the Holocaust from the very eyes of a young man who, in the present, has lost everything he once had to this unfathomable tragedy. Wiesel demonstrates how powerful evil can become if it remains undiscovered, by sharing his experiences in the hands of the wretched Nazi Germany. Wiesel’s account conveys this message clearly from the original threat, deportation, and through the eventual deaths of millions of inmates. This hidden threat originated with fanfare and without resistance when the Germans marched into town.

In the book Maus by Art Spiegelman, the theme of the book is when people are in a life or death situation, people depend on luck to survive. The protagonist in this book, Vladek Spiegelman, is a Jewish man who lives in the town of Sosnowiec, Poland, this is important to the theme because if they are caught by the Nazis they were sent to Auschwitz. For example the Nazis would round people up and send them to Auschwitz, this happens on page 80 when Vladek was walking by, “I had to pass near- and they were grabbing Jews, papers or no!”(80). This quote shows that even if you had all the papers/documentation you needed to stay and work for the Nazis if you were unlucky and in the wrong place at the wrong they would take you to Auschwitz.

Perils of Indifference delivers his message effectively, but not to the same degree of his memoir, for it isn’t able to explore these the horrors of the Holocaust, and use the same extent of literary terms because of its length

The third report is in German and contains more information. Whilst the report is not signed we know it is authentic because Gerstein told his wife that he was leaving it at the hotel desk where it was later found. A final report in French is incomplete and the reasons for Gerstein stopping writing are unknown. However the content is essentially the same. In every draft Gerstein’s account of the mass murder in Belzec remained fundamentally the same.