LEADER 03592nam 2200553 450 001 9910136080903321 005 20170728091238.0 010 $a3-653-05248-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000000915570 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4722464 035 $a(PPN)229143458 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000915570 100 $a20161103h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe making of a gentleman Nazi $eAlbert Speer's politics of history in the Federal Republic of Germany /$fBaijayanti Roy 210 1$aFrankfurt am Main, [Germany] :$cPeter Lang Edition,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (434 pages) 225 1 $aBeitra?ge zur Aufarbeitung der NS-Herrschaft,$x2192-7189 ;$vBand 5 311 $a3-631-69350-8 311 $a3-631-65890-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPart 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 Tagebu?cher : 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. 330 2 $a"At the Nuremberg Trial and through his bestselling books, Albert Speer, Hitler's architect and minister, could successfully project an image of himself as the 'gentleman Nazi.' Using hitherto unexplored archival sources, this book looks at those aspects of his career that Speer retrospectively manipulated (e.g. his resistance to Hitler's Nero order), to construct this image. The evolution of the 'Speer myth,' analysed here, shows how West Germany's politics influenced Speer's narrative, as well as the impact that his image had on Federal Republic's efforts to cope with its past. This book also examines the role of historians and public intellectuals in and outside Germany in reinforcing the Speer myth--the British historian Hugh Trevor Roper and the Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal, among others"--Provided by publisher. 410 0$aBeitra?ge zur Aufarbeitung der NS-Herrschaft ;$vBand 5. 606 $aNazis$vBiography 606 $aCabinet officers$zGermany$vBiography 606 $aNational socialism$xHistory 606 $aMemory$xPolitical aspects$zGermany (West)$xHistory 606 $aPublic opinion$zGermany (West)$xHistory 607 $aGermany (West)$xPolitics and government 615 0$aNazis 615 0$aCabinet officers 615 0$aNational socialism$xHistory. 615 0$aMemory$xPolitical aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aPublic opinion$xHistory. 676 $a943.086092 700 $aRoy$b Baijayanti$f1971-$01233834 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910136080903321 996 $aThe making of a gentleman Nazi$92865781 997 $aUNINA