Albert Speer: Hitler's Architect of Lies

BBC Four HD

9:00 PM to 9:15 PM

Monday 30 June

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Leading German historian Heike Görtemaker introduces a never-before-broadcast interview conducted in 1971 with Albert Speer, Hitler's architect and armaments minister. Dr Görtemaker examines how the man once called 'the Nazi who said sorry' never deserved that title, and explains how Speer, perhaps Hitler's closest friend, helped to create the image of the Fuhrer that perpetuates to this day. She outlines the many ways Speer lied to interviewers over the years, twisting the truth to absolve himself in the public's eyes, and even falsely claiming that he had at the end been plotting to kill Hitler himself