Spandau The Secret Diaries

New York,NY: Pocket Books, 1977. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ISBN:0671808435. Hitler's former architect and Minister for War Production '.documents his ever-deepening complicity with his fellow Nazis.' in a diary written .Albert Speer was the last prisoner to be incarcertated except for Hess. He wrote his memoirs about being in charge of the German war machine on toilet paper which h e hid in his shoes. .Out of the rubble of the Third Reich Albert Speer recalls: Hitler's maniacal fantasy. "I never saw him so worked up as toward the end of the war, when in a kind of delirium he pic tured himself and for us the destruction of New York in a hurricane of fire. He described the skycrapers being turned into gigantic burning torches, collapsing upon one another, the glow of the explo d ing city illuminating the dark sky." The writing of the Secret Diaries: "I am obsessed with the idea of using this time of confinement for writing a book of major importance: a biography of Hitler, a description of the apocalyptic final phase of the war. That could mean transforming prison cell into scholar's den." 514 pages. 32 pages of photos. The author has the book split up in chapters the 1 st year thru the 20th year. The book is in nice shape. Strong binding. Some scuffing of the color on the front & back cover. The top & bottom of the spine, the edge if the spine and along the outside edges there is slight rubbing. A must read book for anyone interested in the Third Reich or Hitler..