Albert Speer was one of few Nazis to live beyond the fall of Hitler's Third Reich, and one of even fewer to be repatriated into decent society after his imprisonment. The twenty years served in Spandau military prison, gave Speer an opportunity to reflect on the events of the past decade of Nazism and his own involvement and responsibility for actions of the party. In 1931 Speer heard Adolf Hitler addressing college students at a beer …showed first 75 words of 734 total…

…showed last 75 words of 734 total…all food supplies and all the infrastructure of a modern city had to be burned to the ground before it could be captured by the British and US forces. Speer realised that this order, if it were carried out, would devastate any chance of recovery for the German people after the war. He actively put in a huge effort, risking his life to ensure that in the most part Hitler's policy was not carried out.