Albert Speer: Albert Speer. Self: The Memory of Justice. After graduating from high school, Speer studied architecture in Karlsruhe, Munich and later in Berlin. Speer then became assistant to Heinrich Tessenow in Berlin. There he also had his first contacts with National Socialist groups. In 1931 he joined the NSDAP. Speer successfully translated National Socialist ideas into an architectural aesthetic, which enabled him to quickly make a career within the party. Supported...