As part of German practice, I’m reading the Spandauer Tagebücher (Spandau Diaries) of Albert Speer, Hitler’s architect and minister for war production. He had the notes smuggled out of Spandau Prison on the west side of Berlin during the 20 years he served for using forced labor during WWII. I had visited the prison years earlier, while Deputy Führer Rudolf Hess was still there. I wanted to revisit the site a final time, but it’s not there any more.









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