| 19 Mar 1905 |
Albert Speer born, Mannheim Germany. |
| 1925 |
Moves to Berlin to complete studies. |
| Feb 1928 |
Graduates. |
| 1 Mar 1931 |
Becomes a member of the Nazi party. |
| 1 May 1933 |
May Day rally, which he designs. |
| 1933 |
Becomes a close personal friend of Adolf Hitler. |
| 1934 |
Designs stadium at Nuremberg. |
| Feb 1942 |
Armaments chief Fritz Todt killed in plane crash. |
| 7 Feb 1942 |
Albert Speer assumes Todt's position. |
| Sep 1943 |
Appointed Reich Minister of Armaments and War Production. |
| Nov 1944 |
Informs Joseph Goebbels the war is doomed. |
| Apr 1945 |
Adolf Hitler expresses the opinion that among his cabinet, Speer is the "best of them all." |
| 24 Apr 1945 |
Speer confesses to Adolf Hitler that he has been countermanding his orders for scorched earth. |
| 1946 |
Sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. |
| 1 Oct 1966 |
Released, along with Hitler Youth leader Baldur von Schirach, from Spandau prison in Berlin after their twenty year sentence. This leaves one solitary prisoner maintained at the facility, Rudolf Hess. |
| 1969 |
Inside the Third Reich (or Erinnerungen, Recollections in German), 1200 pages secretly written while in Spandau. |
| 1 Sep 1981 |
Albert Speer dies in a London hospital of a cerebral hemorrhage. |
