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Books / Why Hitler’s suave architect escaped the noose at Nuremberg

Books / Why Hitler’s suave architect escaped the noose at Nuremberg

At the Nuremberg trial of the main Nazi war criminals, one man stood out: Hitler’s favourite architect and later armaments minister, Albert Speer....

yesterday 10

The Spectator

Ian Buruma

Books / Why Hitler’s suave architect escaped the noose at Nuremberg

Books / Why Hitler’s suave architect escaped the noose at Nuremberg

At the Nuremberg trial of the main Nazi war criminals, one man stood out: Adolf Hitler’s favorite architect and later armaments minister, Albert...

sunday 8

The Spectator

Ian Buruma

Books / Why Hitler’s suave architect escaped the noose at Nuremberg

Books / Why Hitler’s suave architect escaped the noose at Nuremberg

At the Nuremberg trial of the main Nazi war criminals, one man stood out: Hitler’s favourite architect and later armaments minister, Albert Speer....

01.04.2026 10

The Spectator

Ian Buruma

Books / Why Hitler’s suave architect escaped the noose at Nuremberg

Books / Why Hitler’s suave architect escaped the noose at Nuremberg

At the Nuremberg trial of the main Nazi war criminals, one man stood out: Hitler’s favourite architect and later armaments minister, Albert Speer....

01.04.2026 10

The Spectator

Ian Buruma

Books / Why Hitler’s suave architect escaped the noose at Nuremberg

Books / Why Hitler’s suave architect escaped the noose at Nuremberg

At the Nuremberg trial of the main Nazi war criminals, one man stood out: Hitler’s favourite architect and later armaments minister, Albert Speer....

26.03.2026 10

The Spectator

Ian Buruma

The extraordinary courage of Germany’s wartime ‘traitors’

29.12.2025 20

The Spectator

Ian Buruma