Outline the main features in the background and rise to prominence of the twentieth-century personality you have studied. Albert Speer Albert Speer was a prominent figure in Hitler’s quest to build support for the Third Reich. Speer was born in Mannheim, Germany in 1905 to a wealthy middle-class family. His father was a successful architect and with his busy lifestyle Speer’s childhood lacked affection causing an emotional distance between Speer and his parents which would later have an impact on relations which Speer created in the ultimate search for a mentor. After abandoning his dream of becoming a mathematician Speer began his career in architecture and in 1923 attended the Institute of Technology in Karlsruhe, finishing his architecture course in 1927.
After joining, Speer’s knowledge in architecture earned him high places in the party and he quickly became quite close to Hitler. Speer soon became responsible for large roles and given short amounts of time to solve problems, he was chosen for these roles due to his technocratic attributes and his effectiveness to get things complete. As mentioned above Speer was responsible for many horrific accounts that happened at the time including slave labour and making the war last longer killing hundreds of thousands. When the Nazi’s lost Speer tried everything he could to look as innocent as possible and as well as admitting to what he had done and saying sorry for what he had done at the Nuremburg trials and because of this Albert Speer was soon labelled, “The Good Nazi”. The first to label Speer as “The Good Nazi” was Joachim Fest, who worked with Speer personally.
John Marshall was too famous to Americans, especially to anyone who has known about the golden age of Marshall Court. His biography has been revealed by many authors such as Albert Beveridge, Edward Corwin, or Richard Faulkner (Kent Newmyer
Describe the rise to prominence of the personality you have studied (10 marks) Albert Speer’s rise to prominence took place between 1931 and 1946, beginning with him joining the Nazi Party and his rise ending with his condemnation at the Nuremberg trials, however, he has remained prominent to today as a result of his work for the Nazi Part and for the manner in which he conducted himself at his trial. Speer’s decision to join the Nazi Party did not lead to his immediate, fully-fledged involvement in party affairs. Speer’s part work extended no further than driving party members around to meetings and rallies. However, Speer’s fortunes changed when he made the acquaintance of Karl Hanke. Hanke gave Speer the job of redecorating the headquarters of a district branch of the Nazi Party, Grunewald Villa.
Warts educational experience further accentuates the indication of an anti-war society when he visits the geese society, for example, facing first-hand the ways of a Utopian society. One of the geese in the society, Lyo-Lyok, tells Arthur the idea of fighting is stupid. He only enjoys the idea because he is a “baby,” (White 170). The idea of the injustice of fighting is drilled into his mind in all different ways as he grows up. The education received as a child effectively takes place during his transition from young Wart to King Arthur.
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.
Despite these events playing a significant role in his life, Speer also shaped some events, which caused him to become the man he was, specifically his success as the armaments minister and his similar success as Reich Architect. Born in Mannheim, 1905, Albert Speer Jr. was born the son of successful architect, Albert Snr and household mother, Mathilde, with one older and one younger brother. His father openly preferred his younger brother, Ernst, and Hermann was preferred by his mother, leaving Albert forgotten, receiving no emotional love shown towards him, making his life a ‘’misery for the weak’’. Consequently, Albert Snr had been brought up to suppress any feelings or emotions which, in turn brought about the same attitude that Albert Jnr had towards his own family later on in his life. This disaffection significantly desensitised Speer’s outlook on his future actions in regard to his amorality in regard to concentration camps and treatment of Jews.
This is an exception in under-developed countries such as India where a caste system is still present. Priestland’s belief is that through studying the past and how society functioned, we can understand and solve current day economic and social issues. The middle class has become the dominant factor in how most countries operate and succeed especially in the United States. After reading Merchant Soldier Sage: A New History of Power, I too am a strong believer in studying the past and how it has created the world as we know it and the world to come. Works Cited: Priestland, David.
North Korea has been a hereditary dictatorship since 1948 starting with Kim Jong- il (Inside). North Korea is the most obvious “Big Brother” in our world today, because of how its hereditary dictatorship works. The people are brainwashed from the day they're born that all life and everything that they own is thanks to their “Glorious Leader” Kim jong- il. In the documentary “Inside North Korea” Lisa Ling showed us how the north korean people are so brainwashed by their government or as it could also be called “Big Brother” that when they have there cataracts repaired they thank their leader and not the doctor who actually fixed them. This brainwashing leads them to believe that anything and everything that happens to them is because of the great leader.
He was a a boy scout who was very resourceful and a person cared about and wanted to help the people of his town too. There were a lot of problems and horrible things were happening to people at this time. Hitler was gaining power and instilling terror and fear into the people of Germany. When Helmuth was very small and still in elementary school, he was forced to join the Nazi Regime. He knew better than the teaching of the Nazis and he knew in his heart that he had to do everything in his power to fight back.