Introduction
1. Drawing Closer
2. The Innermost Circle
3. Highs and Lows
4. The Minister: Flying Starts and Stumbling Blocks
5. Breaking with Hitler
6. Completion of the ‘Memoirs’
7. The End and the Farewell to Hitler
8. Trial, Prison Years, Release
9. Expert in Escapes
10. The Unanswered Questions
Chronology
Sources of Illustrations
J. Fest, Historian, Writer and Journalist
"Of all the biographers and writers on the Third Reich, Joachim
Fest was not only good at his craft, but also had the good fortune
to be invited to act, as her describes it, as 'interrogating
editor' for the best selling autobiography of Albert Speer. What he
has done is to create the literary equivalent of a fly-on-the-wall
documentary."
The Spokesman "These conversations will be indispensable for
specialists in the history of the Third Reich and fascism."
Political Studies Review "In its poignancy, this book gives
remarkable insights into three men: Hitler, as a consummate
manipulator of people; Speer, as not particularly bright but
vainglorious, weak, unremarkable and very lonely; and, not least,
Fest himself, who proves tenacious and resourceful. He has
convinced me with a work of brilliant analysis: the best study of
Speer I know."
Michael H. Kater, York University, Toronto
"These diary-type notes by Joachim Fest, bestselling historian of
the Third Reich, of his extensive conversations with Albert Speer
make truly absorbing reading."
V.R. Berghahn, Columbia University
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