false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178914380m/853201.jpg 853201 13 From 1946 to 1966, while serving the prison sentence handed down from the Nuremburg War Crimes tribunal, Albert Speer penned 1,200 manuscript pages of personal memoirs. Titled <I>Erinnerungen</I> ("Recollections") upon their 1969 publication in German, Speer's critically acclaimed personal history was translated into English and published one year later as <I>Inside the Third Reich</I>. Long after their initial publication, Speer's memoir continues to provide one of the most detailed and fascinating portrayals of life within Hitler's inner circles, the rise and fall of the third German empire, and of Hitler himself.<p> Speer chronicles his entire life, but the majority of <I>Inside the Third Reich</I> focuses on the years between 1933 and 1945, when Speer figured prominently in Hitler's government and the German war effort as Inspector General of Buildings for the Renovation of the Federal Capital and later as Minister of Arms and Munitions. Speer's recollections of both duties foreground the impossibility of reconciling Hitler's idealistic, imperialistic ambitions with both architectural and military reality. Throughout, <I>Inside the Third Reich</I> remains true to its author's intentions. With compelling insight, Speer reveals many of the "premises which almost inevitably led to the disasters" of the Third Reich as well as "what comes from one man's holding unrestricted power in his hands." <I>-- Bertina Loeffler</I> 838705 1970 Inside the Third Reich total:336|5:102|4:136|3:85|2:12|1:1| 336 1334 485 43 3 3 false false Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Tue Jun 05 11:47:35 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 05 11:47:52 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 29 15:22:43 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 15 20:27:54 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Oct 12 21:30:51 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 12 21:32:34 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Tue May 12 15:21:12 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 15:27:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 14:07:36 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 14:14:42 -0800 2008 two more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jul 17 08:53:42 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 08:58:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993 Mon Feb 02 10:49:38 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 10:55:12 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 31 15:44:28 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 14 04:13:42 -0700 2008
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He sluffs off his war crimes , but to understand the nazi experience , this is a great place to start. ]]> 5 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:18 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 01 00:08:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 1972 Sat Feb 28 09:16:38 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 09:17:55 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=853201