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Albert Speer: His Battle with Truth (Paperback)

by Gitta Sereny (Author)
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  • Paperback: 784 pages
  • Publisher: Picador; New edition edition (9 Aug 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0330346970
  • ISBN-13: 978-0330346979
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.6 x 5.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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Albert Speer was Hitler's architect before the Second World War. Through Hitler's great trust in him and Speer's own genius for organisation he became, effectively from 1942 overlord of the entire war economy, making him the second most powerful man in the Third Reich. Sentenced to twenty years imprisonment in Spandau Prison at the Nuremberg Trails, Speer attempted to progress from moral extinction to moral self-education. How he came to terms with his own acts and failures to act and his real culpability in Nazi war crimes are the questions at the centre of this book. The author had access to Speer, his family and friends and his private papers.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A study in deception, 16 Jul 2002
By Mr J Tarbett (Yorkshire) - See all my reviews
This book is superbly researched and thorough. It is also tremendously exciting and sustains a level of analysis which brings not only Speer but the whole of that period into sharp focus. With the new A2 History exams involving synoptic papers which have as their starting the analysis of documentary evidence this book is an absolute must for the able student. Quite apart from Speer's equivocations about the fate of the Jews and his knowledge of such matters, the study offers views on the other key figures in the story and their roles. The debate about Hitler and his dealings with his henchmen is superbly illustrated. Gita Seregny leaves no doubt about the centrality of Hitler, but opens up very interesting reflections on the rest, especially Himmler and Bormann. The vicious infighting after 1943 is described with great detail and irony.The book pauses from time to time with reflections that cover a whole gamut of other issues.... which themselves are sufficiently penetrating to invite further study. A true piece of academic research and a tremendous read in the process.
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4.0 out of 5 stars An attempt to understand the myth and reality of Speer, 28 Mar 2000
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Albert Speer was undoubtedly an enigma and Gitta Sereny tries her hardest to unravel his mysteries. Speer seemed a mass of contradictions, and I finished this book still undecided as to his character. I felt the book presents him as an actor who seldom showed his true face. Compelling. You find yourself willing Sereny to condemn him, but she treats her subject with fairness and respect - whether he deserved it or not. What more could you ask of a biographer?
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Perceptive, challenging and beautifully written., 13 Jan 2000
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This is more than jut a book, it is an experience. Never have I been so eager to get to the next page, and at the same time absorb all the information on the page I was currently reading. This story of the man, Speer, was all the more convincing as it looked past his apologies to the victims of the Third Reich, and tried to find out what made him follow Hitler so zealously. At the same time it gives one a valuable insight into Hitler's court, Himmler, Goebbels etc., and their interactions, ambitions and personalities. This is a fantastic book and I would recommend it to anyone and everyone.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Balanced and perceptive account of a difficult subject
Albert Speer was Hitler's architect during the 30's and Minister for Armaments during the Second World War, and after the war he was the only high-ranking Nazi to apologize and to... Read more
Published 19 days ago by Mark Wallace

5.0 out of 5 stars Good versus Evil
It has been awhile since anyone has written a review for this book so while I guess I am not adding anything new it's worth reminding people that this is an amazing book one that... Read more
Published on 5 Jul 2007 by J. Duducu

5.0 out of 5 stars A must-read.
Gitta Sereny is an amazingly talented writer who in her book on Speer and her meetings/interviews with Speer himself, tries to unravel the enigma that was Speer. Read more
Published on 4 Dec 2006 by M. Warburton

5.0 out of 5 stars As good a glance into the person of Speer as it gets.
Gitta Sereny handles her subject as professionally and thoroughly as she had in her interviews with Treblinka's last commandant, F. Read more
Published on 31 Mar 2001 by samuinka-berlin@t-online.de

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A profoundly moving, thought provoking book. An outstanding history of the nadir of European civilisation, powerfully illuminated by the compassion and humanity of the writer and... Read more
Published on 7 Jan 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars An superb book
An excellent account of the man at the centre of Hitler's circle, Gitta Sereny is a tremendous writer. Read more
Published on 28 Nov 1999 by gail.murphy@virgin.net

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