Hitler's Architect: The Life of Albert Speer

In this video we are going to explore one of history’s most enigmatic architects, Albert Speer – Hitler’s architect. His designs defined the Third Reich. His legacy is one of the most debated in Modern history. From the towering monuments to Nazi ambition to the Jewish concentration camps, Speer designed them all. For a time, Speer was the most powerful architect in the world. Perhaps the most powerful architect who ever lived. But at the Nuremberg trials he faced reckoning for his crimes against humanity.

0:00 Intro
0:30 Rise of the Architect
3:56 Minster of Armaments
6:00 Nazi War Criminal
8:43 What I Learned from Speer
10:35 Nazi Architecture in America