Hitler's architect finally cornered — 26 years later, the questions he couldn't escape.
In an interview conducted in 1971, which had never been broadcast in its entirety before until 2025, Hitler's architect and armaments minister, Albert Speer, is cross-examined by programme chair Michael Charlton, historian Hugh Trevor-Roper and diplomat George Ball; the latter two having served as Speer's British and American interrogators at the end of the war.
Direction
Restrained editing lets silence do the accusing.
Writing
Trevor-Roper's questions are surgical, merciless.
Director
John Colquhoun
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 1971 BBC interview was buried for decades; only fragments aired before 2025. The full footage reveals Speer's performative remorse cracking under sustained pressure.
Speer's 'good Nazi' narrative dominated postwar understanding until historians like Gitta Sereny exposed his lies. This footage captures the original construction of that myth in real time.
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