Early Life
Albert Speer was born in March 1905 in Mannheim, Germany, into a wealthy family. Speer’s father was a successful architect, therefore Albert and his four brothers grew up into a privileged world. Speer left school with impressive results and considered a career in mathematics, but Speers father persuaded him to become an architect.
In 1923 Albert Speer began studying architecture at the Institute of Technology in Karsruhe. Speer later transferred to Munich to complete his studies and he was qualified as an architect in 1927.
By 1930 Germany was suffering the impact of the Great Depression. There where many people unemployed and the number was rising. The political situation at the time was also very tense.
In 1930 Speer attended a Nazi rally where Hitler addressed the students of the Institute, this was the first time Speer had seen Hitler and he was carried away by the emotion, which ultimately changed his life. In March 1931 Speer joined the Nazi party.
Albert Speer was born in March 1905 in Mannheim, Germany, into a wealthy family. Speer’s father was a successful architect, therefore Albert and his four brothers grew up into a privileged world. Speer left school with impressive results and considered a career in mathematics, but Speers father persuaded him to become an architect.
In 1923 Albert Speer began studying architecture at the Institute of Technology in Karsruhe. Speer later transferred to Munich to complete his studies and he was qualified as an architect in 1927.
By 1930 Germany was suffering the impact of the Great Depression. There where many people unemployed and the number was rising. The political situation at the time was also very tense.
In 1930 Speer attended a Nazi rally where Hitler addressed the students of the Institute, this was the first time Speer had seen Hitler and he was carried away by the emotion, which ultimately changed his life. In March 1931 Speer joined the Nazi party.
“I was carried on the wave of enthusiasm which bore the speaker along from sentence to sentence. It swept away any reservations… Here it seemed to me was hope”. (A. Speer, Inside the Third Reich, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1970, p 15.)