Albert Speer – rise to prominence Albert Speer was a significant figure in German history due to his various architectural projects and his appointment as Minister for Armaments. Although he claimed to be apolitical, Speer joined the Nationalist Social party on March 1st, 1931 and from they’re his career in the Nazi party prospered. Speer’s first contribution to the Nazi party was as a chauffer, as district head of the Nazi Motorist League, where he met Karl Hanke. A recommendation by Hanke to Goebbels, gave Speer his first architectural assignment of decorating Goebbels headquarters in Berlin. Hitler approved the finished result, however Goebbels did not like its simplicity and had it redecorated.
Hence, fortune and opportunity significant assisted Speer’s rise. Speer’s subsequent design of the Nuremberg rally and his trademark Cathedral of Light formed the basis of Speer’s initial international prominence. On 30th of January 1937 Speer was officially commissioned as Inspector General of Buildings for the Renovation of the Federal Capital (GBI). Speer’s power grew, leaping prominent figures such as Goebbel’s as he became answerable only to Hitler for the ‘Germania’ project to refurbish Berlin and 40 “Fuhrer cities”. Speer’s successes constructing the
Albert Speer was a major contributor in multiple ways during World War II. One vital way in which he involved and contributed himself to Adolf Hitler’s regime was through his status as Chief of Architect in the Nazi Party. Speer’s first attendance of a Nazi Party rally, merely actioned out of curiosity, found himself strangely drawn to Adolf Hitler, not only because of Hitler's proposed solutions to the threat of Communism and his renunciation of the Treaty of Versailles, but also drawn towards the man himself. Speer's first major commission as a Party member came in 1932 when Karl Hanke recommended him to Goebbels to help renovate the new District Headquarters in Berlin, and, later on, to renovate Goebbels' Propaganda Ministry. Goebbels was impressed with Speer’s work and recommended him to Hitler, who then assigned him to help renovate the Chancellery in Berlin.
Albert Speer wasn’t any ordinary citizen, he was smart and sophisticated. He knew that he may need employment in the future and he knew the Nazi party may have been a path. However, Speer announced that he joined because of “fear of communism, fascination for Hitler and rejection of the Treaty of Versailles”. Speer joining the Nazi Party was a significant event in his personality becoming prominent to history because this event led to further events in which made his prominence progress. Speer’s appointment as Architect of the Third Reich contributed greatly to his rise in prominence.
Albert Speer – Opinion Speech Albert Speer, architect of the third Reich, minister of Armaments, its undoubted that he was a man of great potential & caused great effect during Hitler’s reign & Germany’s ongoing war effort. Though one question still remains, that is, was he honest at the Nuremburg Trials in 1945? Was Speer really honest, when he said that he knew nothing of the holocaust & Nazi death camps? It was at the age of 26 in 1931, in an address to the students of Berlin University that Speer first saw Hitler. Speer admitted he was carried away by Hitler’s unmatched speaking prowess, unequivocal belief in Nazi ideology & the idea of a restored Germany.
Explain why the Nazi Regime proclaimed “Total War” in February 1943. (12 Marks) One factor behind why the Nazi regime went ahead with total war was because it offered a chance to revive public morale following the defeat at Stalingrad. The public morale down at this point however going to war with allies seemed the perfect opportunity in regaining the trust of people in the regime. Josef Goebbels speech proved to be a great example in uplifting the people’s moods in regards to total war. His powerful speech was influential and enabled the German public to feel more optimistic within the war as well as regime.
Diploma in Integrative Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy. Module 5 Student: Paul McLaughlin Albert ELLIS. Albert Ellis (1913 - 2007) an American psychologist was born into a Jewish family in Pittsburgh. He was the eldest of three children. His father was a businessman, who frequently worked away from home.
Jessica Eric Carle was born June 25 1929, in Syracuse New York. When Carle was just six years old his mother Johanna decided to move the family back to Germany. It was in Germany that he attended and graduated from ABK-Stuttgart. In 1952, with a measly forty dollars to his name, Carle packed up and returned back to New York City (Eric Carle). After his move back to the states he landed a job at the New York Times working as a graphic designer in the promotions department.
Léon Walras (16 December 1834 - 5 January 1910) Biography Marie-Ésprit Léon Walras was born in Évreux, France (near Montreux, Switzerland) on December 16th, 1834. Walras was the son of the French proto-marginalist, economist and schoolteacher, Antonie-Auguste Walras, who encouraged his son to pursue economics with a particular emphasis on mathematics. Walras enrolled in the Paris School of Mine but grew tired of engineering. He spent most of his early life in Paris as a novelist and art critic (had quite a Bohemian youth). He also tried careers as a bank manager, journalist, romantic novelist and a clerk at a railway company, administrator of cooperative bank before turning to economics .In that scientific discipline Walras claimed to have found “pleasures and joys like those that religion provides to the faithful.” In 1858, one evening while the two were out walking, his father situated the postulate in Léon that to create a scientific theory of economics one would need to use differential calculus to derive a ‘science of economic forces, analogous to the science of astronomical forces’.
Psychologists throughout the years have influenced our world by motivating people to explore themselves beyond their means and consciences. One, extremely influential figure in the history of psychology is named Lawrence Kohlberg. He was born in Bronxville, New York on October 15, 1927 to a family of wealth. As a child, he portrayed “concern for the welfare of others by volunteering as a sailor in World War II and later working to smuggle Jews through the British Blockade into Palestine.” (Long, n.d., p. 2) “It was upon his graduation from Phillips, however, that Kohlberg first began to recognize his passion for the Zionist cause, and, following his graduation, he enlisted as an engineer on a carrier ship.” (Long, n.d., p. 2) His new interest in morality surely helped strengthen his personal views in regard to his impending findings as a psychologist. His captivation towards the elements of psychology continued further as he “grew increasingly fascinated by the cognitive development work proposed by Swiss theorist Jean Piaget, and focused his efforts on the moral development of children for his dissertation.