Why is albert speer important?
Albert Speer Born: March 19th 1905 Died Sept. 2nd 1981 The German Nazi leader Albert Speer, directed Germany’s war production using slave labor during World War II. Speer, who joined the National Socialist party in 1931, became Adolf Hitler’s architect, designing the Nuremberg stadium and other Nazi monuments. He was made minister of armaments in 1942 and expanded his planning responsibilities over most of Germany’s wartime industry in 1943.