This was incredibly interesting. I am amazed at Lattimer's admiration for Speer, mentioning that Speer was helpful and saw the evils of his ways and shouldn't have been punished for turning over to the right side. Who cares if he designed a monogram for Eva Braun--interesting story that I didn't know, but Lattimer seems to use it to show what a nice guy he was. I read quite a bit about Speer. Perhaps he saw the evils of his ways only once the war was moving in the wrong direction for him. Wasn't he as guilty as the rest of them? Fascinating interview and insight into these personalities.
A distant Kinsman of mine , Sir David Maxwell Fyfe Vct. Kilmuir , was on the British prosecution staff , #2 as I understand it , Cross examined Goering !
Then you may enjoy this: John Hatton's TH-cam channel has an hour long segment of the BBC docudrama, "Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial". Fyfe's cross examination of Goering was a game changer. The verbatim exchange between them is not only performed, but then discussed in detail by people who were present during the trial. Fyfe took over the cross exam. the day after HG gave Robert Jackson a run for his money. Respect.
Was it Maxwell Fyfe,or the other "toff" ,Hartley Shawcroft who said privately he felt uncomfortable prosecuting the Germans for " offences or crimes " as labelled in the Nuremberg courtroom ,that the Allies themselves had committed and many of them to a far greater gravity..Nuremberg was " a dressed up ,high grade lynching party and nothing to do with truth or justice ".That description was stated,while the trials were on,by Chief Justice Stone back in America..
Speer was just as bad as the rest of theThe people he used as a slave labour force to increase the war production for Germany,may have had excellent results. But with so much suffering, and Speer did this willingly.
The evidence against Speer, that he knew, for example, about the Holocaust and forced slave labor and other items inculpating him as a war criminal, were not available at Nuremberg but came out later, after Speer did his twenty years and wrote two bestsellers about life in the Third Reich.
This man's completely wrong about Speer ...slave labor ..it was also proven he knew about the camps ...Speer conned those judges ...Speer talk about killing everyone with gas in the bunker but the intake was raised when before it was on the ground...now your telling me a powerful man like Speer could not find a latter...my ass ..the trials were a travesty and Speer conned the world
Agreed. Speer, who at that time said he knew nothing about the Holocaust, eventually (many years later) said something like he was guilty of looking away. How can you look away from something you didn't know happened. Speer was just more creative than the rest of them. He used that creative mind to win over the judges and to eventually make money as an author.
He comes across as a bit of a romantic type, dont agree what he said about Speer, but he knows a whole lot more than i would ever dream of knowing about the war
i think speer was a man who was stuck between a rock and a hard place....he did what he had to do...you would have too...a very enlightening interview...war is war...fight to the death,was motto for alot of people in that terrible war...i'm polish too..they fucked over poland...the uprising...ignored...stalin was fuckin way worse than hitler...but he got pass.....the winners write history...,losers get ground into the ground......
Dr. Latimer is incorrect about the ease with which Germany could have invaded Britain after Dunkirk . If they had been able to land they might have acheived something but to cross the Channel , with the most powerful navy in the world and the RAF defending it was impossible and it has always greatly irritated the Royal Navy that their huge importance with regard to this strategic fact has so frequently been discounted .
About Hitler being able to "walk across the English Channel" and take over Britain after Dunkirk, this urologist is outside his domain of expertise. He's forgetting about this little thing called the English Navy. And the RAF (which later defeated the Luftwaffe). Stick to bladders and urethras, sir.
Wonderful interview. Thank you
What an awesome interview!
It is,however i do wish those young men interviewing him would have enough sense not to laugh too near the recorder it is far too loud...
Thanks for posting this.
This was incredibly interesting. I am amazed at Lattimer's admiration for Speer, mentioning that Speer was helpful and saw the evils of his ways and shouldn't have been punished for turning over to the right side. Who cares if he designed a monogram for Eva Braun--interesting story that I didn't know, but Lattimer seems to use it to show what a nice guy he was. I read quite a bit about Speer. Perhaps he saw the evils of his ways only once the war was moving in the wrong direction for him. Wasn't he as guilty as the rest of them? Fascinating interview and insight into these personalities.
Exceptionally good interview.
Speer knew damned well how and who his labor force came from. He knew they were worked to death. So, Speer did a few ok things, big deal.
Exactly. Speer serenaded everyone. Had them all believing he was the good guy
A distant Kinsman of mine , Sir David Maxwell Fyfe Vct. Kilmuir , was on the British prosecution staff , #2 as I understand it , Cross examined Goering !
Then you may enjoy this:
John Hatton's TH-cam channel has an hour long segment of the BBC docudrama, "Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial". Fyfe's cross examination of Goering was a game changer. The verbatim exchange between them is not only performed, but then discussed in detail by people who were present during the trial.
Fyfe took over the cross exam. the day after HG gave Robert Jackson a run for his money. Respect.
Was it Maxwell Fyfe,or the other "toff" ,Hartley Shawcroft who said privately he felt uncomfortable prosecuting the Germans for " offences or crimes " as labelled in the Nuremberg courtroom ,that the Allies themselves had committed and many of them to a far greater gravity..Nuremberg was " a dressed up ,high grade lynching party and nothing to do with truth or justice ".That description was stated,while the trials were on,by Chief Justice Stone back in America..
Shawcross.!
This was a very good interview!
they shoulp have showed the slides he was talking about
You can buy his book
Speer was just as bad as the rest of theThe people he used as a slave labour force to increase the war production for Germany,may have had excellent results. But with so much suffering, and Speer did this willingly.
i do not agree at all with this gentleman's view on Speer, notwithstanding an enlightening interview from a humanitarian, with a real sense of justice
The evidence against Speer, that he knew, for example, about the Holocaust and forced slave labor and other items inculpating him as a war criminal, were not available at Nuremberg but came out later, after Speer did his twenty years and wrote two bestsellers about life in the Third Reich.
This man's completely wrong about Speer ...slave labor ..it was also proven he knew about the camps ...Speer conned those judges ...Speer talk about killing everyone with gas in the bunker but the intake was raised when before it was on the ground...now your telling me a powerful man like Speer could not find a latter...my ass ..the trials were a travesty and Speer conned the world
Agreed. Speer, who at that time said he knew nothing about the Holocaust, eventually (many years later) said something like he was guilty of looking away. How can you look away from something you didn't know happened. Speer was just more creative than the rest of them. He used that creative mind to win over the judges and to eventually make money as an author.
He comes across as a bit of a romantic type, dont agree what he said about Speer, but he knows a whole lot more than i would ever dream of knowing about the war
i think speer was a man who was stuck between a rock and a hard place....he did what he had to do...you would have too...a very enlightening interview...war is war...fight to the death,was motto for alot of people in that terrible war...i'm polish too..they fucked over poland...the uprising...ignored...stalin was fuckin way worse than hitler...but he got pass.....the winners write history...,losers get ground into the ground......
no he was just good at manipulating.
Dr. Latimer is incorrect about the ease with which Germany could have invaded Britain after Dunkirk . If they had been able to land they might have acheived something but to cross the Channel , with the most powerful navy in the world and the RAF defending it was impossible and it has always greatly irritated the Royal Navy that their huge importance with regard to this strategic fact has so frequently been discounted .
So Hess was murdered. Why would they kill a half-mad, depressed old man who was probably soon to die anyhow? Did he "know too much"?
About Hitler being able to "walk across the English Channel" and take over Britain after Dunkirk, this urologist is outside his domain of expertise. He's forgetting about this little thing called the English Navy. And the RAF (which later defeated the Luftwaffe). Stick to bladders and urethras, sir.
DJ 23 65. Yes quite right
'famed urologist' is an oxymoron
What's your CV?
He was most definitely a famed polymath and he was a famed famed urologist, too, I was a friend and a patient
RIP old man 🙏🏽