The publication of Victor Klemperer's secret diaries brings to light one of the most extraordinary documents of the Nazi period. "In its cool, lucid style and power of observation," said The New York Times, "it is the best written, most evocative, most observant record of daily life in [...]

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 again[...]

Under the Third Reich, the official language of Nazism came to be used as a political tool. The existing social culture was manipulated and subverted as the German people had their eithical values and their thoughts about politics, history and daily life recast in a new language. This Notebook, tran[...]

Victor Klemperer - Die Biographie. "Klemperers Leben war eine Odyssee durchs Jahrhundert." Der Spiegel Er wurde der leidenschaftlicheChronistdieses Jahrhunderts durch vier deutsche Geschichtsepochen: die Wilhelminische Kaiserzeit, die Weimarer Republik, den Nationalsozialismus und die Nachkriegszeit[...]

Victor Klemperers Tagebücher 1933-1945 erregten weltweit Aufsehen. In diesem einzigartigen Dokument des alltäglichen Terrors im Nazi-Deutschland erkannten Filmemacher sofort den großen Stoff, das dunkelste Kapitel deutscher Vergangenheit einem breiten Publikum vor Augen zu führen.
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Den nazistiska propagandan infiltrerade det vardagliga talet, omformade ordens betydelser och utarmade uttrycksmöjligheterna. Det nya språkbruket åt sig in i människorna och blev en oupplöslig beståndsdel av deras identitet och verklighetsuppfattning. LTI är inte bara ett klarsynt vittnesmål[...]