Karl DonitzĬommander of the German Navy’s U-boats until 1943, then took over from Raeder as Commander-in-Chief of the German Navy and was promoted to Grand-Admiral. He is responsible for Berlin’s wide streets and reorganised transport system. He designed and constructed the Reich Chancellery and the Party rally stadium in Nuremberg. Hitler’s Chief Architect and Minister of Armaments and War Production for the Third Reich, and member of Hitler’s inner circle. Speer receiving the Todt Organisation ring from Hitler. Independent broker of the Pact of Steel between Germany and Italy, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact between Germany and the USSR, and Ambassador to the Court of St James’s for London and the UK in 1936. Joachim von Ribbentropįoreign Minister of Nazi Germany, an authority on world affairs and confidant of the Fuhrer. He was a member of the board of directors of the Bank for International Settlements, based in Switzerland and was appointed to the Central Planning Board in September 1943. A qualified economist, lawyer and philosopher he was also editor of the financial newspaper the Berliner Börsenzeitung. The Reich Minister of Economics, President of the Reichsbank and State Secretary at the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. Featuring renowned historian of the Third Reich Frank McDonough, and Nicholas O'Shaughnessy, a professor of communications at QMUL. So one of the most important questions from our past is just how Adolf Hitler was able to come to power. Adolf Hitler's unbridled ambition would plunge the World into a war bloodier and more destructive than any in history.