History and chronology of Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer in Germany

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Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer History of Germany


1905	Birth
19th Mar Mannheim Birth of Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer
1931	Marriage
Speer marries Margarete Weber
1931	NSDAP
1st Mar Appointed Member of the NSDAP, number 474,481
1931	SA
1st Mar Appointed Member of the SA
1932	SS
Appointed Member of the SS motorized division
1934	Department Chief
Berlin Appointed Department Chief on Rudolf Hess' Staff
1934	Head Architect Speer
Berlin Appointed head architect of the Nazi Government
1934	Zeppelintribune
Berlin Desgns the Zeppelintribune, the Nuremberg parade grounds seen in Leni Riefenstahl's propaganda film
1935	NSDAP
Nuremburg Recieves a commission to construct a stadium at Nuremberg for the NSDAP Pary rallies
1937	Berlin Construction
Berlin Directed to make plans to rebuild Berlin, which was to become the capital of a "Greater Germany"
1937	German Pavilion
Paris Desgns the German Pavilion for the 1937 international exposition in Paris
1939	Economy
Hitler agrees Speer's request to centralize iron & stell distribution via the GBI
1940	Berlin Construction
23rd June Berlin Instructed by Hitler to rebuild Berlin by 1950, must surpass Paris
1942	Minister of Armaments
Appointed Minister of Armaments
1943	Bombing of Peeneminde
Peenemunde Rocket factories at Peenemunde are destroyed by Allied bombs
1943	Invention V2 Rocket
Harz Mountains Placed in charge of financing the secret underground camps to produce V2 rockets
1943	Minister of War
Appointed Minister of War Production
1944	Arrest
Mar Werner von Braun is soon released following the intervention of Albert Speer
1944	Health
18th Jan Collapses & enters hospital suffering from exhaustion, depression & an inflamed knee
1946	Trial
Nuremberg Acquitted on the charge of having had knowledge of a "common plan for aggressive war"
Nuremberg Claims he was "unpolitical" & had no knowledge of the crimes inside the Reich
Nuremberg Imprisoned for 20 years for the extensive use of slave labour
Nuremberg The prosecution introduces as evidence a photograph of Speer visiting Mauthausen concentration camp
1966	Arrest
Spandau Albert Speer is released from Spandau
1970	Publication
Publication of, "Inside the Third Reich"
1976	Publication
Publication of, "Spandau"
1981	Death
1st Sep London Death of Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer