Volkshalle

One in this six-part German-produced documentary series about the men who engineered and ruled Hitler's Third Reich. Using recently discovered archival footage, rare biographical material, and newly recorded testimony from firsthand witnesses, the series profiles six members of Hitler's inner circle and architects of Third Reich.

This program examines the life and career of Albert Speer. What Hitler, a failed artist, dreams, Albert Speer realizes: he breathes life into the Fuhrer's grandiose sketches for the monuments of the Third Reich, choreographing its fiery rallies, and designing and building its armaments.

Neoclassical architecture

Convicted in the Nuremberg tribunal, Speer maintains until his death in 1981 that he was merely an apolitical technocrat, unaware of the blood shed under the Nazi banner. Speer, a recent graduate from an architectural college, first hears Hitler's voice at a student rally for the National Socialist German Workers Party.

Immediately captivated by Hitler, Speer quickly sets to