What Happened to Albert Speer's Wife and Children After WW2?
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Margarete Speer waited twenty years at the gates of Spandau while raising six children alone. This is what happened to Albert Speer's wife and children after WW2. ๐ Free WW2 reading list โ my 30 essential books on the war and what came after. Get the PDF here: https://history-inside-8s3dsc.subscribepage.io/ ๐๏ธ Subscribe to History Inside โ https://bit.ly/sub2HI Research & script by Jordy Faijdherbe Narration by Benjamin Pemberton Chapters 00:00 Heidelberg 03:00 Margarete 05:37 Architect 08:18 Restitution 10:56 Silence ๐ Primary sources - Maclean's, The Waiting Wives of Spandau (1954) - Gitta Sereny, Albert Speer: His Battle With Truth (1995) - Margret Nissen, Sind Sie die Tochter Speer? (2004) - Margarete Speer interview statements (1954) - Albert Speer Jr. interviews (Sรผddeutsche Zeitung, Architecture, Reuters) ๐ Secondary & critical sources - Adam Tooze, Chartbook 364 / NYT review of Kitchen (2025) - Obermayer Foundation profile of Hilde Schramm - AP reporting on the Zurรผc
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