Wspomnienia

He chronicles his entire life, but most of the book focuses on 1933-45, when he figured prominently in Hitler's government and the German war effort as Inspector General of Buildings for the Renovation of the Federal Capital and later of Minister of Arms and Munitions. His recollections of both duties foreground the impossibility of reconciling Hitler's idealistic, imperialistic ambitions with architectural and militaristic reality. Throughout, this book remains true to its authors intentions. Insightfully, he reveals many of the "premises which almost inevitably led to the disasters" of the Third Reich as well as "what comes from one man holding unrestricted power in his hands".