Klemperer, Victor  , 1881-1960 <br/><br/>
I will bear witness  : a diary of the Nazi years, 1933-1941 
/ Victor Klemperer ; translated by Martin Chalmers 
 - Modern Library paperback ed. 
 - New York  : Modern Library  , 1999 
 - xxii, 519 p.  : ill.  ; 21 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [457]-498) and index. 
<br/><br/> In April 1935, Klemperer (1881-1960) was a Protestant professor of French literature at Dresden University and a front-line veteran of WWI. By early May, he was simply a Jew and, like other Jews, forcibly retired. His marriage to an Aryan gave him (precarious) protection, and by 1945, he was one of only 198 registered Jews left in Dresden. Through it all, Klemperer kept a diary (Vol. II, 1942-1945, is due out in 1999) that turns out to be one of the most important to come out of Nazi Germany. While his early entries are filled with work and health, as circumstances worsened his focus turns to the nuances of Nazism's degrading influence. Small acts of kindness and solidarity from Gentiles were surprisingly frequent, yet pervasive isolation and lack of courage left real resistance a fantasy for everyone but the Wends (Catholic Slav peasants) and the Communists (whom Klemperer would later join). 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780375753787 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003268163 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Klemperer, Victor , 1881-1960 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Holocaust----Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Germany----History
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS135.G3315  / K54513 2001 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>92 KLE