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Albert Speer 1905-1981
Albert Speer 1905-1981
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A #modernhistory quiz about #Albert #Speer for #HSC revision
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1
By what name was Hitler's projected rebuilding of Berlin, planned by Speer, known?
Jewish Flats
Germania
Reich Chancellory
New Berlin
2
How many siblings did Speer have?
Two brothers and one sister
One brother and one sister
Two brothers
One brother
3
Speer joined the NSDAP within days of seeing Hitler speak in Berlin in December 1930.
False
True
4
Throughout the 1920s, Speer was noted among his peers for his fierce political opinions.
False
True
5
Speer's first official role for the NSDAP was
to refurbish the Ministry of Propaganda
as leader of the Nazi Motorist Corps in Wannsee, Berlin
to extend Goebbels's official residence
to design the decorations for the 1934 Nuremberg Rally
6
As a school student, Albert Speer had a talent for and excelled in which subject?
Mathematics
Science
Art
Technical Drawing
7
At which event, from which Speer claimed his absence, did Himmler discuss the Final Solution?
Posen Conference
Munich Conference
Teheran Conference
Berlin Conference
8
In 1945, Hitler ordered all infrastructure destroyed as the Allies advanced. Name the policy.
Total Annihilation
Scorched Earth
Desert Storm
Burned Earth
9
Which of the following best explains the closeness of Speer's relationship with Hitler?
It was built on a mutual interest in architecture
It was built on a mutual desire for German expansion
It was built on a mutual hatred of Judaism
It was built on a mutual interest in the visual arts
10
Which concentration camp, where V-2 rockets were built, did Speer visit in December 1943?
Buchenwald
Mauthausen
Nordhausen-Dora
Auschwitz
11
Which of the following historians believed Speer was an
apolitical technocrat
?
Matthias Schmidt
Joachim Fest
Hugh Trevor-Roper
Gitta Sereny
12
Hitler's private secretary often opposed Speer's plans during the war. What was his name?
Martin Bormann
Hermann Göring
Heinrich Himmler
Fritz Todt
13
Speer's first appointment after gaining his architect's licence was as
leader of the Nazi Motorist Corps in Wannsee, Berlin
assistant to Professor Tessenow
First Architect of the Third Reich
professor of architecture in Berlin
14
Which historian saw Speer as the real criminal of Nazi Germany because he knew but did nothing?
Erich Goldhagen
Rudolph Wolters
Hugh Trevor-Roper
Matthias Schmidt
15
In which German city was Speer born?
Munich
Heidelberg
Mannheim
Weinheim
16
Speer's father and grandfather had both been architects.
False
True
17
Other than Germany, what country won a gold medal for their pavilion, 1937 Paris World Fair?
Italy
France
Great Britain
Soviet Union
18
To what was Speer sentenced at the conclusion of the Nuremberg trials?
Fifteen years of imprisonment
Life imprisonment (later commuted)
Twenty years of imprisonment
Death by hanging (later commuted)
19
What did Speer call his try to have his buildings stand as Rome-like memorials to the Reich?
The Theory of the Roman Reich
The Theory of Neoclassicism
The Theory of Ruins Value
The Theory of the Eternal Reich
20
Which of Speer's assistants kept a work diary, the
Chronik
, that would later reveal his guilt?
Rudolf Wolters
Karl-Otto Saur
Fritz Sauckel
Fritz Todt
21
Who did Speer succeed as First Architect of the Third Reich in 1934?
Fritz Todt
Hans Poelzig
Heinrich Tessenow
Paul Troost
22
Which historian denounced Speer as an immoral man whose repentance was hypocritical and fake?
Matthias Schmidt
Dan Van der Vat
Gitta Sereny
Martin Kitchen
23
In which Leni Riefenstahl propaganda film were Speer's 1934 Nuremberg Rally ideas recorded?
Olympia
The Victory of the Faith
The Triumph of the Will
The Blue Light
24
Speer's preferred architecture teacher, Hans Polzig, refused to teach Speer as he drew poorly.
False
True
25
Who did Speer succeed as Armaments Minister in 1942?
Paul Troost
Fritz Sauckel
Fritz Todt
Heinrich Tessenow