Publisher's Synopsis
Inside the Third Reich (German: Erinnerungen) is a memoir written by Albert Speer, the Nazi Minister of Armaments from 1942 to 1945, serving as Adolf Hitler's main architect before this period. It is considered to be one of the most detailed descriptions of the inner workings and leadership of Nazi Germany but is controversial because of Speer's lack of discussion of Nazi atrocities and questions regarding his degree of awareness or involvement with them. First published in 1969, it appeared in English translation in 1970. Index: INTRODUCTION BY EUGENE DAVIDSON FOREWORD PART ONE 1. Origins and Youth Youth 2. Profession and Vocation 3. Junction 4. My Catalyst 5. Architectural Megalomania 6. The Greatest Assignment 7. Obersalzberg 8. The New Chancellery 9. A Day in the Chancellery 10. Our Empire Style 11. The Globe 12. The Descent Begins 13. Excess PART TWO 14. Start in My New Office 15. Organized Improvisation 16. Sins of Omission 17. Commander in Chief Hitler 18. Intrigues 19. Second Man in the State 20. Bombs 21. Hitler in the Autumn of 1943 22. Downhill PART THREE 23. Illness 24. The War Thrice Lost 25. Blunders, Secret Weapons, and the SS 26. Operation Valkyrie 27. The Wave from the West 28. The Plunge 29. Doom 30. Hitler Ultimatum 31. The Thirteenth Hour 32. Annihilation EPILOGUE 33. Stations of Imprisonment 34. Nuremberg 35. Conclusions AFTERWORD
