Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:32 PM 8/24/04 -0400, Chandos Michael Brown wrote: >I believe that "Albrecht" Speer spelled his name "Albert," assuming that >we're speaking of the fellow who was tried at Nuremberg. Chandos Albrecht Speer spelled his name "Albrecht" until he was on trial at Nuremburg, when it magically appeared as "Albert" and remained thus to his death. I have accused those who detest Riefenstahl of political correctness and of revising the historical record but Reichsminter Albrecht was quite capable of the same and, indeed, did a fine job of it, dying a "repentatant Nazi" much beloved in the West while he was actually the sort of cold technocrat who has marked the regimes of say, Napoleon and Stalin, and who often appears in the US political hierarchy -- Robert MacNamara pops readily to mind. Marc msmall@infionline.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!