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ALBERT SPEER (Collaborator) Albert Speer was born 1905-1981 in Mannheim, Germany. During the years of 1933-1945 Speer was building a close relationship with Hitler. He would often have lunch with him and they would discuss new designs and projects in the making. As the years went on Albert Speer became the Minister of Armaments. That is how much respect Speer had, an architect as the Minister of Armaments. This is where Speer loaded on the forced labor, to make planes, tanks, and ammunition. Albert Speer was a collaborator. A special kind of collaborator, because he was apart of the perpetrators inner circle; but he wasn’t apart of the killing. But he carried out the Nazis plans by using forced labor to complete his architectural structures. He used 2 million prisoners of war, 7.5 million foreigners and concentration camp prisoners all to quicken the process of constructing the buildings. Also to work in factories to produce war porducts. tanks, planes, ammunition. At the Nuremberg trials Albert Speer was found guilty for forced labor and spent 20 year in Spandau Prison. His impact on the Holocaust was very little to none; because he had nothing to do with the slaughter of 11.5 million Jewish people. All he did was build buildings and make war supplies. His work did not impact the lives of 11.5 million Jewish people. His structures werent killing people, they weren't affecting people in any way. The 7.5 camp prisoners got lucky they were having to do medical expirements they were welding planes.

Bibliography- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Speer