Confronted with this accusation in 1971 by the historian Erich Goldhagen, who had discovered the text of the speech in the Federal German archives, Speer recollected that he had left the conference before Himmler's speech began.
Stillet overfor denne beskyldning i 1971 af historikeren Erich Goldhagen, som havde fundet teksten til talen i Bundesarchiv, erindrede Speer at han havde forladt konferencen inden Himmlers tale begyndte.