03592nam 2200553 450 991013608090332120170728091238.03-653-05248-3(CKB)3710000000915570(MiAaPQ)EBC4722464(PPN)229143458(EXLCZ)99371000000091557020161103h20162016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe making of a gentleman Nazi Albert Speer's politics of history in the Federal Republic of Germany /Baijayanti RoyFrankfurt am Main, [Germany] :Peter Lang Edition,2016.©20161 online resource (434 pages)Beiträge zur Aufarbeitung der NS-Herrschaft,2192-7189 ;Band 53-631-69350-8 3-631-65890-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Part 1. The background -- Speer and the West German politics of memory -- Speer in the Third Reich : myth and reality -- Part II. The evolution of Speer's memorial discourse -- Justice tempered by mercy : Nuremberg Trial and the genesis of the "Speer myth" -- Erinnerungen : canonization of Speer's "Master narrative" -- Spandauer Tagebücher : private reflections for public consumption -- Der Sklavenstaat : architect of the slave state -- Part III. The "Gentleman Nazi" through the eyes of others -- A very English irony : Hugh Trevor Roper's contribution to the making of the Speer legend -- The two worlds of Albert Speer : an American prosecutor advocates Speer's cause -- Joachim Fest's tragic hero -- Gitta Sereny and "A paradox of Greek proportions" -- Matthias Schmidt and the beginning of the end -- Speer und Er : Albert Speer and the aesthetics of power -- "For me, Mr. Speer, you are a new born baby" : the Nazi hunter's absolution."At the Nuremberg Trial and through his bestselling books, Albert Speer, Hitler's architect and minister, could successfully project an image of himself as the 'gentleman Nazi.' Using hitherto unexplored archival sources, this book looks at those aspects of his career that Speer retrospectively manipulated (e.g. his resistance to Hitler's Nero order), to construct this image. The evolution of the 'Speer myth,' analysed here, shows how West Germany's politics influenced Speer's narrative, as well as the impact that his image had on Federal Republic's efforts to cope with its past. This book also examines the role of historians and public intellectuals in and outside Germany in reinforcing the Speer myth--the British historian Hugh Trevor Roper and the Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal, among others"--Provided by publisher.Beiträge zur Aufarbeitung der NS-Herrschaft ;Band 5.NazisBiographyCabinet officersGermanyBiographyNational socialismHistoryMemoryPolitical aspectsGermany (West)HistoryPublic opinionGermany (West)HistoryGermany (West)Politics and governmentNazisCabinet officersNational socialismHistory.MemoryPolitical aspectsHistory.Public opinionHistory.943.086092Roy Baijayanti1971-1233834MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910136080903321The making of a gentleman Nazi2865781UNINA