Albert Speer (1905–1981) was a German architect and Nazi functionary. As Reich Minister for Armaments and War Production (1942–1945), he organized the war economy of the Third Reich and thus prolonged the war considerably. Speer was jointly responsible for the use of forced laborers, but later denied this to some extent. After the war, he was sentenced to 20 years in prison in Nuremberg. Why Albert Speer Shaped Berlin’s Olympic Stadium Berlin’s Olympic Stadium was built for the 1936 Olympic Game

Zeppelinfeld – Architecture of Propaganda 🇩🇪 The Zeppelinfeld in Nuremberg was one of the central stages of Nazi mass propaganda. Designed by Albert Speer, it served as the backdrop for the Reich Party Rallies, where tens of thousands were choreographed into spectacles of power, obedience, and illusion. Here, architecture became a tool of manipulation. Monumental scale, rigid symmetry, and the famous “Cathedral of Light” were meant to overwhelm the individual and glorify the regime. The rallie