Sometimes called 'the first architect of the Third Reich', Speer was indeed Hitler's chief architect in Nazi Germany. He made plans to rebuild Berlin, which was to become the capital of a supra-German state -- Germania. One of his greatest achievements was the design of the parade grounds of the infamous Nuremberg Nazi party congress in 1934.
Hitler supposedly had a weakness for the young and handsome Speer, and made him Minister responsible for Armaments and War Production in 1942. His achievements in this area, however, were not as spectacular as his designs of the Nazi centres of power.
Speer confessed guilty in the Nuremberg trials after World War II and was sentenced to 20 years of inprisonment in Spandau -- West Berlin. His release from prison in 1966 was a world-wide media event. He published several semi-authobiographic books until his death in London on September 1, 1981 -- exactly 42 years after the World War II begun (sic!).
His son also became a successful architect and was responsible for the design of [Expo 2000]? - the world exposition that took place in Hannover in the year 2000.
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