9 used & new from £6.79
See All Buying Options
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
 
I Shall Bear Witness: The Diaries Of Victor Klemperer 1933-41: I Shall Bear Witness, 1933-41 Vol 1
 
 
Share your own customer images
Search inside this book

I Shall Bear Witness: The Diaries Of Victor Klemperer 1933-41: I Shall Bear Witness, 1933-41 Vol 1 (Paperback)

by Victor Klemperer (Author)
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Available from these sellers.


2 new from £8.00 7 used from £6.79

Customers Viewing This Page May Be Interested in These Sponsored Links

  (What is this?)
   Otto Klemperer DVDs opens new browser window
www.ClassicalVideoRarities.com  -  Rare Videos and CDs of Klemperer Impossible to find concerts! 
   Victor Klemperer Diaries opens new browser window
SHOP.COM/compare  -  Buy Victor Klemperer Diaries Compare 100s of Shops 
  
 

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

To The Bitter End: The Diaries of Victor Klemperer 1942-45: The Diaries of Victor Klemperer, 1942-1945: To the Bitter End, 1942-45 v. 2

To The Bitter End: The Diaries of Victor Klemperer 1942-45: The Diaries of Victor Klemperer, 1942-1945: To the Bitter End, 1942-45 v. 2

by Victor Klemperer
4.8 out of 5 stars (4) 
I Will Bear Witness: A Diary of the Nazi Years 1942-1945

I Will Bear Witness: A Diary of the Nazi Years 1942-1945

by Victor Klemperer
£9.34
The Lesser Evil: The Diaries of Victor Klemperer 1945-1959: Lesser Evil, 1945-1959 (Diaries of Victor Klemperer 1945-59)

The Lesser Evil: The Diaries of Victor Klemperer 1945-1959: Lesser Evil, 1945-1959 (Diaries of Victor Klemperer 1945-59)

by Victor Klemperer
3.0 out of 5 stars (1) 
Language of the Third Reich: LTI - Lingua Tertii Imperii (Continuum Impacts)

Language of the Third Reich: LTI - Lingua Tertii Imperii (Continuum Impacts)

by Victor Klemperer
2.0 out of 5 stars (1)  £13.41
Nazism 1919-1945, Volume Two: State, Economy and Society 1933-1939: A Documentary Reader (Exeter Studies in History): 2

Nazism 1919-1945, Volume Two: State, Economy and Society 1933-1939: A Documentary Reader (Exeter Studies in History): 2

by Jeremy Noakes
4.8 out of 5 stars (4)  £13.48
› Explore similar items

Product details

  • Paperback: 672 pages
  • Publisher: Phoenix; New Ed edition (6 May 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0753806843
  • ISBN-13: 978-0753806845
  • Product Dimensions: 19.7 x 13 x 4.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 242,478 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Product Description

Product Description

The son of a rabbi, Klemperer was by 1933 a professor of languages at Dresden. Over the next decade he, like other German Jews, lost his job, his house and many of his friends. Throughout, he remained loyal to his country, determined not to emigrate, and convinced that each successive Nazi act against the Jews must be the last. Saved for much of the war from the Holocaust by his marriage to a gentile, he was able to escape in the aftermath of the Allied bombing of Dresden and survived the remaining months of the war in hiding. Throughout, Klemperer kept a diary. Shocking and moving by turns, it is a remarkable and important document.


About the Author

Born in 1881, Victor Klemperer studied in Munich, Geneva and Paris. He was a journalist in Berlin, taught at the University of Naples and received a DSM during WWI as a volunteer in the German army. He was subsequently a professor of romance languages at the Dresden Technical College until he was dismissed as a consequence of Nazi laws in 1935. He survived the Holocaust and the war and taught again as an academic until his death in 1960.
Inside This Book (Learn More)
Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Search inside this book:

Suggested Tags from Similar Products

 (What's this?)
Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
 
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

I Shall Bear Witness: The Diaries Of Victor Klemperer 1933-41: I Shall Bear Witness, 1933-41 Vol 1
78% buy the item featured on this page:
I Shall Bear Witness: The Diaries Of Victor Klemperer 1933-41: I Shall Bear Witness, 1933-41 Vol 1 5.0 out of 5 stars (2)
To The Bitter End: The Diaries of Victor Klemperer 1942-45: The Diaries of Victor Klemperer, 1942-1945: To the Bitter End, 1942-45 v. 2
7% buy
To The Bitter End: The Diaries of Victor Klemperer 1942-45: The Diaries of Victor Klemperer, 1942-1945: To the Bitter End, 1942-45 v. 2 4.8 out of 5 stars (4)
I Will Bear Witness 1933-1941: A Diary of the Nazi Years (Living Language Series)
6% buy
I Will Bear Witness 1933-1941: A Diary of the Nazi Years (Living Language Series)
£12.59
I Will Bear Witness: A Diary of the Nazi Years 1942-1945
5% buy
I Will Bear Witness: A Diary of the Nazi Years 1942-1945
£9.34
Explore similar items
 

Customer Reviews

2 Reviews
5 star:
 (2)
4 star:    (0)
3 star:    (0)
2 star:    (0)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
5.0 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Victor Klemperer's diary of his life in the Third Reich., 11 Sep 2000
By T. A. Dowds "Rocky" (Scotland) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   
Victor Klemperer's diary begins on the 14th January 1933. It is a diary of the details of life : promotion at work, his cat, the building of his house and his literature. Yet even here in his first entry is the dark side. He believes that the cats are the only things that give Eva , his wife a firm hold on life. One wonders why this is so and why they cannot obtain credit. It is 1933 near Dresden and Victor Klemperer is keeping a diary which would cost him his life if it was discovered. The diary chronicles his and his wife's inexorable degredation and humiliation. This man's honesty and commitment to truth is inspiring. Each day another piece of civilization is removed, another of his rights as a human being is witheld. One wonders : how would I stand up to this if this were me ? It must also be said that one wonders : would I have the courage to say a simple good morning to this jew wearing the star of David ?

With hindsight we know what is in store for the Klemperers. We know all about the Holocaust and the death camps. It is so much more touching then to read of his concerns about his newly purchased second hand car and his difficulties in learning to drive. Simultaneously we read of the mundane daily issues of life : buying shoes or fending off the cold against the backdrop of the speaches by Hitler and the steadily rising anti semitic climate in Germany. Victor takes us with him through the years from 1933 until 1941 . His style of writing reflects his background in literature. Simultaneously he is fiercely obsessed with what he will eat while being dismayed at the disintegration of society. His story is utterly sad. We feel embarrassed at his treatment by his erstwhile neighbours and friends . We wonder how people can treat another person like this : how ordinary people can be brainwashed into acts of depravity and cruelty. People just like those who live opposite us today.

How easy it seems that the veneer of society can be stripped away by fear. Then , just as we despair of humankind someone will come along and risk their own lives simply by saying good morning to him. Piece by piece, a little at a time the Nazis take away his dignity and his health. But no, because at no time , never, do we ever feel that the Nazis can break this man. He, this ragged humiliated man is the one left carrying the standard of what it means to maintain personal dignity while those around him who regard him as less than human have themselves lost their self respect and humanity and the tragedy is that they remain unaware of what has befallen them.

When this book has been read it will remain as a benchmark for you. It is a life against which you can compare your own. Whenever you feel hard done to by life if you take the time to think for a moment of Victor Klemperer then you will be quite happy to pick up your own problems and just get on with it.

Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Was this really only just over 50 years ago????, 19 Feb 2001
By A Customer
Victor Klemperer was an academic and as such could be described as foolhardy to keep a diary in a time of such oppression and terrorism. But I fear that he was just a man who had to write down all that happened to him because it was just his nature. Thank God he did write it down. Such contemporaneous notes mean that no burnishing or filling in of details with half truths when memoirs are written long after the event. These diary notes come out of the page and leave one in dread and fear. The reader sees almost more than the writer, he was almost too near to the action. to see what would have happened to him if the diaries were found. Certain death should have visited him when considering how many times he was interrogated and the house was searched. We all owe this Catholic Jew who just happened to be there when all this murder and maiming was going on. Just how one man, Hitler, could take a modern educated nation to the edge is impossible to explain. I now look forward to the diaries that cover the rest of the war. If you have any interest in modern social history then read this. Klemperer had no time to sit, consider and ruminate as an historian would, he just made notes to himself that we are now lucky enough to be able to read. It gives a wonderful insight to the life and times of the second world war from a very different perspective.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Only search this product's reviews


Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
   
Related forums

Listmania!

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category

Look for similar items by subject























i.e., each product must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...

Feedback

Ad

Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.