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Adolf Hitler and his personal architect, Albert Speer, in Paris shortly after the fall of France. [LCID: 80491]
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Albert Speer

Albert Speer (1905–1981) was a member of the Nazi Party and Adolf Hitler’s personal architect. He became Minister of Armaments and Munitions in 1942 and used millions of forced laborers to support the German economy. After the war, he was found guilty at the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg of war crimes and crimes against humanity and sentenced to 20 years in prison. Learn more about Albert Speer during and after the Holocaust. 

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Defendant Albert Speer. [LCID: 10375]
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Albert Speer
The defendants rise as the judges enter the courtroom at the International Military Tribunal trial of war criminals at Nuremberg. [LCID: 03548]
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Albert Speer
Albert Speer makes final statement at trial [LCID: dfwct024]
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Albert Speer makes final statement at trial
Albert Speer sworn in at Nuremberg [LCID: dfwct019]
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Albert Speer sworn in at Nuremberg
Albert Speer testifies at Nuremberg [LCID: dfwct020]
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Albert Speer testifies at Nuremberg
Defendants in the dock [LCID: dfwct011]
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Defendants in the dock
Pair of wired headphones. ‘I-B-M Translator’ can be seen on the outside of each ear cup. A paper tag sits in the center with the date and the wearer’s name.
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Headphones
Adolf Hitler and his personal architect, Albert Speer, in Paris shortly after the fall of France. [LCID: 80491]
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Hitler and Speer in Paris
View of the Nazi Party rally grounds in Nuremberg, Germany.
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Nazi Party rally grounds in Nuremberg
Program page written in English, typed in black ink
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Page 4 of International Military Tribunal program
Program page written in English, typed in black ink
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Page 5 of International Military Tribunal program
Trial testimony against Albert Speer [LCID: dfwct018]
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Trial testimony against Albert Speer

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