Speer the Minister of Armaments and War Production under Hitler the man who had kept Germany armed and the war machine running even after Hitler s mystique had faded takes a brutally honest look at his role in the war effort giving readers a complete view of the inside of the Nazi state. Speer the Minister of Armaments and War Production under Hitler the man who had kept Germany armed and the war machine running even after Hitler s mystique had faded takes a brutally honest look at his role in the war effort giving readers a complete view of the inside of the Nazi state.