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Albert Speer: References & Edit History

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Add new Web site: Scholarship, Research, and Creative Work at Bryn Mawr College - Interpreting Nazi Architecture: The Case of Albert Speer. Dec 13, 2024
Anniversary information added. Aug 28, 2024
Add new Web site: Case Western Reserve University School of Law Scholarly Commons - The Two Worlds of Albert Speer: Reflections of A Nuremberg Prosecutor. Jun 26, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 09, 2024
Anniversary information added. Mar 15, 2024
Add new Web site: Famous Architects - Albert Speer. Jan 23, 2024
Add new Web site: History Today - Speer: Hitler’s Architect. Oct 17, 2023
Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Albert Speer. Aug 10, 2023
Add new Web site: World War II Database - Biography of Albert Speer. Jun 30, 2023
Add new Web site: Warfare History Network - Albert Speer: Chief Architect of the Third Reich. Dec 20, 2022
Top Questions updated. Sep 13, 2019
Changed book title from "Infiltrator" to "Infiltration." Sep 13, 2019
Add new Web site: History Learning Site - Biography of Albert Speer. May 06, 2014
Add new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Nuremberg Trial Judgements: Albert Speer. Jun 11, 2013
Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of Albert Speer. Jun 10, 2013
Added mention of a 1971 letter in which he admitted knowledge of Nazi plans to kill Jews. Feb 13, 2013
Media added. Nov 05, 2009
Speer admitted in a leter that he had been aware of the Final Solution; the letter was released to the public in 2007. Nov 05, 2009
Added new Web site: Famous Trials - The Nuremberg Trials. Sep 01, 2006
Added new Web site: Famous Trials - The Nuremberg Trials. Sep 01, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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