Albert Speer

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* 1970s (Oberlander Puppet)
* Bundekaiser Speer (Non Canon)

**Albert Speer** (born 19th March 1905) is the Reich Minister of Armaments and War Production, as well as the chief architect of Adolf Hitler. Speer leads the reformist faction within the National Socialist German Workers' Party, and believes that the party must reform itself and the country, in order to adapt to the modern age and survive.

## Biography

Speer joined the Nazi Party in 1931 and quickly became a member of Adolf Hitler's inner circle. Speer oversaw the construction of many new structures during the time before the war including the Reich Chancellery and the Zeppelinfeld stadium in Nuremberg where Party rallies were held.

During the war he was appointed the Minister of Armaments and War Production, and around that time he began designing the plan for reconstructing Berlin into Germania with huge buildings, wide boulevards, and a reorganized transportation system. Following the war Speer completed his plan for Berlin including the construction of the Volkshalle (People's Hall), and was in the process of formulating several other projects when the German economy collapsed.

Speer became convinced that this was due to the Reich's excessively authoritarian and isolated nature. Speer began campaigning for the abolishment of slavery, political and economic liberalization, and some concessions to foreign powers to prevent global nuclear war. His ideals are popular with the students of the Reich, such as Ulrike Meinhof, but prove less popular with other high-ranking Nazis. Only his current place as one of Hitler's confidants protects him from them, but as Hitler's days seem numbered, Speer's plans for the Reich may be in jeopardy.

## In-game

As one of the four potential candidates to succeed Hitler (the others being Reinhard Heydrich, Hermann Göring, and Martin Bormann), if chosen by Hitler, his focus tree will mainly consist of enacting his reforms (and favoring the civilian sector in his "Searching for Influence" decisions), as well as favoring the Kriegsmarine (the one branch of the military that is receptive of his ideals).

When the German Civil War erupts, Speer appoints the Gang of Four consisting of Kurt Georg Kiesinger, Helmut Schmidt, Henning von Tresckow, and Ludwig Erhard to suggest ideas. If he wins the civil war, he can opt to go through with their suggestions, which puts the regime in a more reformist direction, or take more authoritarian ones, which is favored by the conservatives. Speer's true goal is to enact his own vision of the Reich, but depending on how he handles the Slave Revolt in 1972, he can also become a puppet of the Gang of Four, who begins a transition toward actual democracy. If his government collapses, Speer becomes a puppet of Theodor Oberländer.

If Bormann wins the GCW, Speer will flee to the United States, and publish a book titled *Inside the Third Reich*, whitewashing himself of his own crimes and pinning the blame on Bormann. Bormann will first demand the US extradite Speer, and eventually opt to have Speer assassinated.

Speer will also flee to the United States if he is capitulated by Heydrich in the GCW. However, unlike when Bormann wins the GCW, should Heydrich emerge victorious, Speer's fate is ultimately left unknown after his exodus from Germany.