caption death_date death_place birth_place image_size nationality name birth_date image article_title birth_name occupation
-lrb- 2004 -rrb- 11 september 2006 kronberg im taunus , germany berlin , germany 210px german joachim fest 8 december 1926 joachim_fest_002 headcrop.jpg joachim fest
 joachim clemens fest historian
joachim fest

joachim clemens fest -lrb- 8 december 1926 -- 11 september 2006 -rrb- was a german historian , journalist , critic , and editor best known for his writings and public commentary on nazi germany , including an important biography of adolf hitler and books about albert speer and the german resistance to nazism .
he was a leading figure in the debate among german historians about the nazi period .
