biography
pronunciation:
[shpeer]
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| lived:
| (1905–81)
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| biography:
| Architect and Nazi government official, born in Mannheim, SWC Germany. He joined the Nazi Party in 1931, became Hitler's chief architect in 1934, and was minister of armaments in 1942. Always more concerned with technology and administration than ideology, he openly opposed Hitler in the final months of the war, and was the only Nazi leader at Nuremberg to admit responsibility for the regime's actions. He was imprisoned for 20 years in Spandau, Berlin, and after his release in 1966 became a writer. |
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