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BIOGRAPHY 1 - KRIS P. SPECK III

Kris P. Speck III was born on May 27th 1892 to Kris P. Speck II and Maria Speck. He entered school in 1896, at the age of 4, where he met his close friend, Aalina Tahnee. He was the one with the highest grades in his class. He graduated from middle school in 1906 and moved to Italy to go high school later that year; it was here that Speck met Arturo Moretti. After, graduating High School, he moved back to Germany to go to college. In college he studied business law. After graduating in 1913, he became a successful lawyer. He won one hundred and six out of his one hundred and twenty-three cases by 1919. In 1921, Hitler had become the leader of the Nazi Party and began calling up many famous Germans to work for him. In late 1921, Speck was called up as one of Hitler’s lawyers because of his many successes. Speck was originally reluctant to go as he was against all forms of fascism, socialism and the like, but he agreed to join Hitler as he feared for his own life. When Hitler was creating the Hitler Youth, in 1922, he called on Speck to help him form the group that would recruit young boys into the Nazi Party. Speck disliked every minute of it but as he was exposed to all of the Nazi beliefs he began to believe more in them and became, eventually, a devoted Nazi. As his lawyer, Speck was able to get Hitler out of many of the problems he encountered over the years and eventually, Speck was able to become one of Hitler’s top advisers. Speck made many decisions for Hitler and Hitler nearly always called on Speck whenever a job had to be done. This is why, in 1933, when Hitler became the chancellor of Germany, he put Speck in commanding position in the Hitler Youth that he helped create, training the young boys into becoming devoted Nazis, like himself. When World War II broke out in 1939, Speck remained by Hitler’s side. He continued to protect Hitler in court and became hated by the Allies. It was soon believed that if Speck and Hitler could be separated, then Hitler would be more vulnerable in court and elsewhere. So, on March 18th 1944, Speck was killed by a British spy’s bullet.