![]() ![]() Perhaps the most fascinating aspect of this book is Klemperer's parallel record of the insidious progress of laws that stripped Jews of their rights and of the propaganda and censorship that stripped the Germans of their judgment. ![]() 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). While his early entries are filled with work and health, as circumstances worsened his focus turns to the nuances of Nazism's degrading influence. II, 1942-1945, is due out in 1999) that turns out to be one of the most important to come out of Nazi Germany. Through it all, Klemperer kept a diary (Vol. His marriage to an Aryan gave him (precarious) protection, and by 1945, he was one of only 198 registered Jews left in Dresden. By early May, he was simply a Jew and, like other Jews, forcibly retired. ![]() In April 1935, Klemperer (1881-1960) was a Protestant professor of French literature at Dresden University and a front-line veteran of WWI. ![]()
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