New York Macmillan Publishing Company 1976 Presumed First Edition, First printing thus Hardcover Good in Fair jacket xii, 463, [5] pages. Illustrations. Index. Albert Speer (1905-1981), Adolf Hitler's chief architect before assuming the office of Minister of Armaments and War Production for Germany during World War II. A close ally of Adolf Hitler, he was convicted at the Nuremberg trials and sentenced to 20 years in prison. Speer joined the Nazi Party in 1931. His architectural skills made him prominent within the Party, and he became a member of Hitler's inner circle. Hitler commissioned him to design and construct structures including the Reich Chancellery and the Nazi party rally grounds in Nuremberg. In 1937, Hitler appointed Speer as General Building Inspector for Berlin. He was responsible for the Central Department for Resettlement that evicted Jewish tenants from their homes. In 1942, Speer was appointed as Reich Minister of Armaments and War Production. He promoted himself as having performed an armaments miracle that was credited with keeping Germany in the war. In 1944, Speer established a task force to increase production of fighter aircraft. It became instrumental in exploiting slave labor for the German war effort. Speer was among the 24 "major war criminals" at the Nuremberg trials. He was found guilty of war crimes, principally for the use of slave labor. He used his prison writings for two autobiographical books, Inside the Third Reich and Spandau: The ...

MacMillan Publishing Company, Date: 1976-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1976. MacMillan Publishing Company ISBN 0026128101 9780026128100 [US]

New York: MacMillan Publishing Company. Date: 1976. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0026128101 . Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Ink stamped to front end page. ; 9.10 X 6.40 X 1.70 inches; 463 pages . 1976. MacMillan Publishing Company ISBN 0026128101 9780026128100 [US]