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I Will Bear Witness, Volume 2
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Product Description A second volume of the author's remarkable firsthand account of life in Nazi Germany chronicles the worst years of the war, including the bombing of Dresden and his escape from deportation to a Jewish concentration camp aided by advancing American troops. Reprint. 35,000 first printing. From the Inside Flap take its place alongside The Diary of Anne Frank and Elie Wiesel's Night as one of the great classics of the Holocaust, I Will Bear Witness is a timeless work of literature, the most eloquent and acute testament to have emerged from Hitler's Germany. Volume Two begins in 1942, the year the Final Solution was formally proposed, and carries us through to the Allied bombing of Dresden and Germany's defeat.
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About the Author A professor of Romance languages in Dresden, Victor Klemperer wrote several major works on seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French literature before he was expelled from his post in 1935. He lived through the war in Dresden with his wife, Eva. Klemperer's secret diaries were thought for many years to have been lost or suppressed by the Communist authorities of East Germany, where Klemperer lived after the war. He wife deposited them after his death in 1960 in the Dresden Landesarchiv, where they remained until they were uncovered by Victor Nowojski, a former pupil, who edited and transcribed them for publication in Germany. Their reception there was a national event. The diaries have been translated into twelve languages.About the TranslatorMartin Chalmers has translated, from the German, books by Hubert Fichte, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, and Erich Fried. He is a frequent contributor to the New Statesman and The Independent, and lives in London. See more
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S**Y
There for the grace of god......
I enjoyed reading this book, so people did some didnt. The book is from somebody else life in a horrendous time and from their perspective, that had to be accounted for when people leave feed back in a digital age where we are not use to hard ship, our kids lifes are over when internet crashes, . Take everything away from modern mankind see how well he manages, then criticise the same book.
T**R
Great read
Fascinating read into the daily life of living as a christian jew in Germany during the war years.
Y**A
Day by day in Dresden 1933-41
These were recommended by a reader of history in the family. I have read both volumes and believe my understanding of the period is greatly expanded. These volumes were gifts to another reader of history in the family who requested them. I think that makes 3 recommendations.Klemperer describes events and his own experiences but especially the language used by the regime to inculcate (sic) the Nazi world view. The repeated lie becomes, if not true, at least indisputable.
M**N
Deppressing but interesting book, you can really see the ...
Deppressing but interesting book , you can really see the creeping actions of the State and their Affects on the population as well as the populations fear of Not Responding or actively cooperating !! Frighteningly can be seen in todays society !!
T**T
The book's font size was so small I found it ...
The book's font size was so small I found it unreadable (excep perhaps in sunlight with magnifying glass?). Had to return unfortunately and reorder as Kindle format where font size can be adjusted.
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A professor of Romance languages in Dresden, Victor Klemperer wrote several major works on seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French literature before he was expelled from his post in 1935. He lived through the war in Dresden with his wife, Eva. Klemperer's secret diaries were thought for many years to have been lost or suppressed by the Communist authorities of East Germany, where Klemperer lived after the war. He wife deposited them after his death in 1960 in the Dresden Landesarchiv, where they remained until they were uncovered by Victor Nowojski, a former pupil, who edited and transcribed them for publication in Germany. Their reception there was a national event. The diaries have been translated into twelve languages.
About the Translator
Martin Chalmers has translated, from the German, books by Hubert Fichte, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, and Erich Fried. He is a frequent contributor to the New Statesman and The Independent, and lives in London.
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