ALBERT SPEER: HIS BATTLE WITH THE TRUTH by GITTA SERENY (Hardcover

Description: HOW MUCH DID TOP NAZI ALBERT SPEER KNOW OF HITLER'S HORRORS? OF ALL THE LEADING NAZI OFFICIALS WHO DID THE EVIL BIDDING OF ADOLF HITLER, Albert Speer is probably the most interesting - and the most puzzling. He was the only one among the top henchmen who expressed some remorse after the war. But was it heartfelt and genuine - or merely a ploy to escape the gallows? Speer was the Führer's favorite architect, the technocrat whizz-kid who was going to erect awe-inspiring buildings that would be Hitler's Third Reich legacy. But he was far more than that. He became Hitler's production minister, mobilizing Germany's vast industrial resources for the weapons used to wage the most destructive war the world has ever known. After serving 20 years in Spandau prison for his crimes, he died of a heart attack in 1981 in London, ironically in the city that he and his fellow Nazis tried so hard to destroy. He had made a fortune from his memoirs - and his death left important questions unanswered. Did he know about the evil treatment of Jews and other minorities, about the cruel use of forced labor under atrocious conditions - about the national crimes that together are known as the Holocaust? How is it possible that a man in his position could be ignorant of the details? SPEER ACCEPTED "COLLECTIVE GUILT" FOR HIS ROLE IN NAZI CRIMES, but he was at pains to point at the Nuremberg war crimes trial that he was an unwitting collaborator. It is true that when he realized that continuing the war was futile, he did try to stop Hitler's excesses - even to the point of risking his life by disobeying the Führer's scorched earth orders in collapsing Germany. But his detractors point out he kept the war going longer than it should have with his production skills. IN THIS CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED BIOGRAPHY, INVESTIGATING AUTHOR GITTA SERENY questions Speer's version of events. She spent 12 years on this book and spent hundreds of hours interviewing him. After his death she gained access to many of his papers. The Russian judges on the tribunal did not buy into his protestations and wanted him to hang with the rest of the top Nazis. But the American, British and French judges chose the jail term. So Hitler's golden boy survived. This hardcover First Edition has been read and has some of the comfortable patina of use - but it is in very good condition with clean and crisp pages that are unmarked by margin notes, underlines or highlighting. The binding is square and tight and the dust-jacket is intact, not price-clipped, and protected by a removable Brodart plastic cover. There are several black-and-white photographs (see examples above) and, in addition to an index, there are source notes and a postscript. Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf ISBN:0-394-52915-4 Non-Fiction - History and Biography + We use recycled material for packaging whenever possible - and we ask our friends to do this too! ++ All books sold by Mackie Books are packaged in bubble-wrap to guard against damage from accidental bumping during shipping. This book will be shipped in a sturdy box. + Click here to see other listings by Mackie Books on eBay, including American and international classics, and history. + We ship internationally through eBay's Global Shipping Program. + All the pictures we post with our eBay listing are from the actual books being sold and are not stock pictures. + We like to get books to you in the condition described above. This means careful packaging - our specialty.

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