Rise To Prominence Speer
Rise to Prominence
Albert Speer was an intelligent, affluent and well-educated man, in many ways he was an atypical Nazi. Albert Speer claimed to be apolitical as a young man; however he himself like many others, were converted to the Nazi Party after attending a rally and hearing Adolf Hitler speak. The following essay will outline Albert Speer’s rise to prominence within the Nazi Party.
The second of three sons to Albert Friedrich Speer and Lusie Mathilde Wilhelmine Hommel, Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer was born the 19th March 1905. The Speer family lived in Mannheim, Germany and were quite wealthy.
At school Speer excelled, particularly in mathematics. In 1923, aged 18, Speer left school with the ambition of becoming a mathematician. However, his Father disapproved and persuaded him to follow in the foot steps of himself and Albert’s Grandfather in becoming an architect.
Due to the inflation period of 1923, Speer decided to start his architectural studies locally at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. In 1924 the stabilizing inflation rate meant Speer could transfer to the more esteemed Munich Institute of Technology and a year following that he transferred to Berlin Institute of Technology. It was there that he was under the tutelage of Heinrich Tessenow, whom he held in great regard, as he respected and agreed with Tessenow’s philosophies about architectural simplicity – modest forms of architecture and natural building materials. After passing his exams in 1927, Speer became Tessenow’s assistant, and was involved in teaching seminar classes three days a week.
Although Speer claims “I was allergic to any political commitments”1 the students of Tessenow (who never agreed with Nazism himself) apparently coaxed him into attending a Nazi Party rally in a Berlin beer-hall on 5th December 1930.
When Hitler entered the hall he was greeted by the applauding students. Hitler wore a neat blue suit, rather than the brown uniform of the Nazi
Albert Speer was an intelligent, affluent and well-educated man, in many ways he was an atypical Nazi. Albert Speer claimed to be apolitical as a young man; however he himself like many others, were converted to the Nazi Party after attending a rally and hearing Adolf Hitler speak. The following essay will outline Albert Speer’s rise to prominence within the Nazi Party.
The second of three sons to Albert Friedrich Speer and Lusie Mathilde Wilhelmine Hommel, Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer was born the 19th March 1905. The Speer family lived in Mannheim, Germany and were quite wealthy.
At school Speer excelled, particularly in mathematics. In 1923, aged 18, Speer left school with the ambition of becoming a mathematician. However, his Father disapproved and persuaded him to follow in the foot steps of himself and Albert’s Grandfather in becoming an architect.
Due to the inflation period of 1923, Speer decided to start his architectural studies locally at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. In 1924 the stabilizing inflation rate meant Speer could transfer to the more esteemed Munich Institute of Technology and a year following that he transferred to Berlin Institute of Technology. It was there that he was under the tutelage of Heinrich Tessenow, whom he held in great regard, as he respected and agreed with Tessenow’s philosophies about architectural simplicity – modest forms of architecture and natural building materials. After passing his exams in 1927, Speer became Tessenow’s assistant, and was involved in teaching seminar classes three days a week.
Although Speer claims “I was allergic to any political commitments”1 the students of Tessenow (who never agreed with Nazism himself) apparently coaxed him into attending a Nazi Party rally in a Berlin beer-hall on 5th December 1930.
When Hitler entered the hall he was greeted by the applauding students. Hitler wore a neat blue suit, rather than the brown uniform of the Nazi