The german Arcitect and munitions overlord. After his term of
inprisonment, came to live in Britain and did so till his death a
few years ago ! How come this purveyor of death was allowed to
do so? and what did he do whilst he was over here?
You are not going to tell me he was drawing benefits, surely?
2007-01-08 01:23:59 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Albert Speer was tried and convicted of knowingly using slave labor from the labor camps in order to work his manufacturing miracles.
"Purveyor of Death" is a bit harsh as he was in charge of making sure that our bombing campaigns had little or no affect on the production of German War Materials.
"Big Week" in 1943 pounded 85% of the German factories into rubble, and was highly successful at striking every target set forth in the military orders.
German War production tripled in April 1943 45 days after Big Week was completed.
Say what you will, but Albert Speer was a certified genius.
'Benefits'..???
No, but he was from a prominent German family and had his own wealth before the war ever started.
He wrote several books that were very well received, and made enough money of that as well as his pre-war holdings to live a quiet life abroad.
He died denouncing the 'Holocaust' ever happened however....
2007-01-08 01:45:12 · answer #1 · answered by wolf560 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think Speer lived in Britain after the war. He died in London in 1981 but I believe this was whilst he was publicising a book.
Speer was released after 20 years and is the only high ranking Nazi to acknowledge his guilt for the crimes committed by the Nazi's.
He claimed to have no knowledge of the Holocaust but this seems to be selective amnesia. There is no doubt that he was aware of the slave labour the Nazi's used in factories.
He claimed to have tried to assassinate Hitler during the closing stages of the war by attaching a poison gas canister to the air ducts of the fuhrer bunker, but lost his nerve at the last minute. There is no corroborating evidence for this.
2007-01-09 05:31:31 · answer #2 · answered by Corneilius 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Albert Speer served 20 years for his part in Hitler's Government. He served his years in Spandau prison in Berlin. When a person has completed the sentence they are given, they are considered to have paid their debt to society.
Albert Speer wrote his memoirs and also gave many TV and Radio interviews. He was also consulted by fim directors and archivists and so earned a living that way.
2007-01-08 09:28:47 · answer #3 · answered by The Alchemist 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He ran a newspaper shop in Bristol. I think it is still there (made a fourtune each Guy Fawlks day)
2007-01-08 09:28:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋