Speer, Albert — Erinnerungen

Berline , Propylaen Verlag, 1969. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean of interior, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing, and with red lettering to spine. Replete with black-and-white illustrations and photographs. Map endpapers front and rear, being prnted on heavy card stock. The author, Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer (19 March 1905 – 1 September 1981), "was a German architect who served as Minister of Armaments and War Production in Nazi Germany during most of World War II. A close ally of Adolf Hitler, he was convicted at the Nuremberg trials and sentenced to 20 years in prison. An architect by training, Speer joined the Nazi Party in 1931. His architectural skills made him increasingly 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" (Wikipedia). 610 pp. and with full notes, bibliography and index.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good