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Information on Albert Speer, fully named Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer. Architect and Minister of Armaments and War Production in Nazi Germany. A close ally of Adolf Hitler.

Martin Bormann Gutshof Berchtesgaden Obersalzberg Germany

Martin Bormann’s Gutshof in Berchtesgaden Germany

The Gutshof, or “The Manor”, is a creation from Martin Bormann who, with his agricultural education, had a chance …

Posted May 28, 2023 (updated February 12, 2024) by Patrick

Electrical Transformer Building near the NSDAP Rally Grounds – Nuremberg, Germany

In 1934 Albert Speer ordered the construction of a power supply station on the Regensburger Straße (street). The …

Posted May 26, 2023 (updated May 26, 2023) by Patrick

The Big Street or “Große Straße” in Nuremberg, Germany

In front of the Congress hall starts the big street. With a planned length of 2 km it …

Posted May 26, 2023 by Patrick

The Wolf’s lair – Wolfsschanze- Hitler’s Headquarters, Gierloz Poland

The Wolfsschanze / Wolf’s Lair was named after the self-given nickname of Adolf Hitler, Wolf. On 21 June …

Posted August 29, 2021 (updated November 25, 2024) by Patrick

Thingstätte Heidelberg Germany – Amphitheatre used for Nazi Propaganda

To go on tour and spread the word was, and is, still important and inspiring for politicians, so …

Posted April 10, 2020 (updated May 13, 2022) by Patrick

Concentration camp Gross-Rosen main gate

Concentration Camp Gross-Rosen – Rogoźnica, Poland

Gross-Rosen started out as subcamp in August 1940 of the concentration camp Sachsenhausen north of Berlin. A year …

Posted November 15, 2015 (updated May 28, 2023) by Patrick

V3 Cannon Test Ramps at former Laatziger Ablage, Misdroy – Zalesie, Poland

The development of the V-3 weapon, was yet another Third Reich Vengeance project aiming to unleish it's reign …

Posted March 27, 2013 (updated May 26, 2023) by Pascal

Zeppelin Field at the NSDAP Rally Grounds in Nuremberg, Germany

The Zeppelin Field and Grandstand were part of the Nazi Party Rally Grounds designed by Hitler's Reichsarchitect Albert …

Posted February 21, 2013 (updated April 3, 2024) by Patrick

The Congress Hall at the Nazi Party Rally Grounds in Nuremberg Germany

A huge building blocks your view over the pond towards the Zeppelin Field. Just across the street from …

Posted February 20, 2013 (updated May 26, 2023) by Patrick

Ehrenhalle – Luitpold Arena & Luitpold Hall – The Nazi Rally Grounds in Nuremberg Germany

From 1923, the Nazi Party, the NSDAP, annually held "Party Rally days" to attract new followers and strengthen …

Posted February 12, 2013 (updated May 26, 2023) by Patrick

Albert Speer Atelier Obersalzberg Germany

The Albert Speer house near the Fuhrer’s Eagles nest on the Obersalzberg – Berchtesgaden, Germany

Albert Speer lived in the Ostertal, a valley somewhere in Bavaria. Here he had a small atelier which …

Posted December 6, 2012 (updated February 12, 2024) by Patrick

The Berghof, Adolf Hitler’s residence under the Eagles Nest – Obersalzberg, Berchtesgaden, Germany

Inspired by poet and play writer Dietrich Eckart, Adolf Hitler was interested by the Obersalzberg Mountain in Bavaria …

Posted November 28, 2012 (updated February 17, 2024) by Patrick

Nazi Trials Nuremberg, Courtroom 600 – Germany

Here in Courtroom 600 in Nuremberg the Nazi's had to answer for their actions during WWII in what …

Posted July 13, 2012 (updated May 27, 2023) by Patrick

Weingut 1 – Me 262 Factory – Mühldorfer Hart, Bavaria, Germany

Due to the effective bombardments of the Allied forces on infrastructure and war industry, Germany was forced to …

Posted June 28, 2012 (updated May 13, 2024) by Patrick