Albert Speer

German architect, Minister of Armaments and War Production for Nazi Germany (1905-1981)

• Born: 1905-03-19 (Mannheim) (country: Germany)
• Died: 1981-09-01 (London)
• Country of citizenship: Germany
• Occupation: architect; autobiographer; engineer; politician; urban planner
• Member of political party: Nazi Party (series ordinal: 474481)
• Member of: Schutzstaffel; Sturmabteilung
• Participant in: International Military Tribunal (role: defendant); Milch Trial (date: 1945-10-18; role: witness)
• Military branch: Schutzstaffel
• Position held: Ministry of Ammunition and War Production of Nazi Germany (period: 1942-02-08 through 1945-04-30; replaces: Fritz Todt); member of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany (period: 1937-01-01 through 1945-01-01)
• Educated at: Helmholtz-Gymnasium Heidelberg; Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; Technical University of Berlin; Technical University of Munich
• Place of detention: Kransberg Castle (period: 1945-06-01 through 1945-08-01); Spandau Prison (period: 1947-07-18 through 1966-10-01)
• Spouse: Margarete Weber
• VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/17343524
• ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000121224714
• WorldCat Identities ID: https://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79038453
• Library of Congress authority ID: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79038453