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050	0	0	_aDS135.G3315 _bK54513 2001
082	0		_a92 KLE
100	1		_aKlemperer, Victor _d, 1881-1960
240	1	0	_aIch will Zeugnis ablegen bis zum letzten _l. English
245	1	0	_aI will bear witness _b: a diary of the Nazi years, 1933-1941 _c/ Victor Klemperer ; translated by Martin Chalmers
250			_aModern Library paperback ed.
260			_aNew York _b: Modern Library _c, 1999
300			_axxii, 519 p. _b: ill. _c; 21 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [457]-498) and index.
520			_aIn 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).
600	1	0	_aKlemperer, Victor _d, 1881-1960
650		0	_aHolocaust _x--Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives
651		0	_aGermany _x--History
700	1		_aChalmers, Martin
942			_cMO
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