Spandau: The Secret Diaries
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Spandau: The Secret Diaries was a 1976 best selling book by Albert Speer
. While it principally deals with Speer's time while incarcerated at Spandau Prison
, it also contains much material on his role in the Third Reich and his relationship with Adolf Hitler
.
Albert Speer
Albert Speer, born Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer, was a German architect who was, for a part of World War II, Minister of Armaments and War Production for the Third Reich. Speer was Adolf Hitler's chief architect before assuming ministerial office...
. While it principally deals with Speer's time while incarcerated at Spandau Prison
Spandau Prison
Spandau Prison was a prison situated in the borough of Spandau in western Berlin, constructed in 1876 and demolished in 1987 after the death of its last prisoner, Rudolf Hess, to prevent it from becoming a neo-Nazi shrine. The prison was near, though not part of, the Renaissance-era Spandau Citadel...
, it also contains much material on his role in the Third Reich and his relationship with Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...
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