Albert Speer

Leading German historian Heike Görtemaker introduces a never-before-broadcast interview conducted in 1971 with Albert Speer, Hitler's architect and armaments minister.

In an interview conducted in 1971, which has never been broadcast in its entirety before, Hitler's architect and armaments minister, Albert Speer, is cross-examined by Michael Charlton, Hugh Trevor-Roper and George Ball, Speer's American interrogator at the end of the war.

Albert Speer was Hitler's architect, arms minister and only friend. But was his remorse after the war genuine, or a clever strategy?