colonel@gloria.UUCP (George Sicherman) (02/06/85)
> Read Albert Speer's SPANDAU DIARIES. He tells how he fell under > Hitler's spell.He went to a rally expecting to see a funny little man > dressed up in a uniform raving and shouting like a loonie. Well, he > found a quiet well spoken, sincere man in a business suit (he was > addressing businessmen) talking about the sad shape Germany was in (all > too true) and how he wanted, with their support, to DO something about > it. My point being that Hitler was no dummy. Don't let the newsreels > fool you. He tailored his speech and manner to the audience. Just > like today's pols. If Gobbels had had T.V.!!! Don't sell Speer short either! His "diaries" are calculated to arouse sympathy for him. A recent book about Speer gives much evidence that Speer was just as cruel, greedy, and power-hungry as any other high- ranking Nazi. (It also mentions that at Spandau he had champagne and caviar smuggled in regularly. He even complained once that the caviar was not fresh, and that it was not to be permitted to happen again.) Can anybody identify the book? It was reviewed in the NYT Book Review a few weeks ago. -- Col. G. L. Sicherman ...decvax!sunybcs!gloria!colonel