Talk:Albert Speer

Minor issues

The article says "While he had a special relationship with Hitler, he opposed his scorched-earth policies and plotted assassination". It appears from what is said later that he considered assassination rather than plotted it. Again, the article says, "Wilhelm Keitel was overheard, during Speer's testimony, telling Sauckel, Hans Frank, and Artur Seyss-Inquart that if someone had the courage, in 1943, that the war was lost, much could have been saved". I think some words are missing here. It might say, "if someone had the courage, in 1943, [to assert??] that the war was lost ..." --Martin Wyatt 19:46, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

Difficulty of certainty regarding Speer

Albert Speer is a very contentious personality in 20th century history. While there is certainty about many aspects of his life and career, much of it remains clouded and unsure. Wide reading of major historians and authors on Speer -- e.g. (in no particular order) Schmidt, Van Der Vat, Sereny, Bullock, and even Speer himself -- highlights some of the issues but, in my experience, leaves many unanswered questions. I would thus caution anyone who take on this topic to be careful not to be too definite about any aspect of Speer's life and career. It may also be useful to add a section about the historiographical controversies surrounding Speer, including what he did as a senior Nazi, and what he knew about the Holocaust (Shoah).