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Albert Speer German architect Albert Speer, c. 1933–36.

Albert Speer

German architect and Nazi official
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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. After hearing Hitler speak at a Berlin rally in late 1930, he enthusiastically joined the Nazi Party (January 1931) and so impressed the Führer...

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