You Are the Führer’s Unrequited Love by Jean-Noël Orengo review – Hitler, Speer and beyond
Jean-Noël Orengo's book, 'You Are the Führer’s Unrequited Love,' delves into the intricate deceit of Albert Speer, exploring his actions during the Nazi regime and his subsequent, remarkable rehabilitation. This compelling analysis serves as a potent warning for our current post-truth landscape. The book highlights the astonishing facade Speer managed to cultivate, even after his conviction for crimes against humanity.
A striking illustration of this is the decade-long correspondence between Speer, a convicted Nazi war criminal, and Simon Wiesenthal, the renowned Holocaust survivor and "Nazi hunter." Beginning in April 1975, with Wiesenthal thanking Speer for a psychology book and sharing his own memoir, their exchanges remarkably included holiday postcards and and birthday greetings. This improbable connection concluded with Speer's widow expressing the profound significance of their friendship to him upon his death in 1981.
This private bond with Wiesenthal mirrored the widespread public acceptance Speer enjoyed as an intellectual figure after his release from Spandau prison in 1966. Despite serving as Hitler's Minister of Armaments and being found guilty of heinous crimes, Speer was promoting his new book on the BBC in London at the time of his death, a testament to his successful, yet deeply unsettling, re-entry into public life.
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