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Tag Archives: Victor Klemperer
Klemperer – Aug. 1934
“The country lets yesterday be drowned out, the Rohm Revolt, the Dollfuss murder, etc., etc. One can only start such anesthesia immediately before the operation — But how long does the psychosis last, and among whom?” — Aug. 21, 1934
Klemperer – Language of the 3rd Reich – Sept. 1934
“Language of the Third Reich: Party Rally of “loyalty” in Nurnberg. Loyalty, of all things, after the revolt. Always have the cheek to claim the opposite. The Fuhrer: Order for a thousand years. Once more the fantastic number. Once more … Continue reading
Klemperer – Sept. 1934
“Mussolini said at the trade fair in Bari: The Italians regard our theories with supreme pity. They had a three-thousand-year-old culture, they had Virgil, when we were still without letters to write down our fortunes! — Contempt for the barbarians! … Continue reading
Klemperer – Language of the 3rd Reich, Sept. 1934
“Language of the Third Reich: When he spoke to youth in Nurnberg, Hitler also said: ‘You sing songs together.’ Everything is aimed at deafening the individual in collectivism. — In general pay attention to the role of radio! Not like … Continue reading
Klemperer – Language of the 3rd Reich – Oct. 1934
“Language of the Third Reich: The Jelskis have frequently heard and read as a standard abbreviation: Blubo — Blut und Boden (Blood and Soil).” — October 9, 1934
Klemperer – Language of the Third Reich – Oct. 1934
“Language of the Third Reich: Newspaper headline (the day before yesterday, Dresdener NN): ‘Young people experience William Tell.’ Experience, German spirit + the American missing article, telegram soul. — I received a magazine with a swastika on the cover: ‘The … Continue reading
Klemperer – Language of the Third Reich, Jan. 1935
Klemperer continues to compile examples from the language of the Third Reich … he refers to it in shorthand as LTI (Language Tertii Imperii). “Language tertii imperii: Lutze’s New Year message to the SA, Encyclopedically concealed threat to the SA. … Continue reading
Klemperer – Jan. 1935
“Deepest depression, even deeper than in August at Hindenburg’s death. The 90 percent vote in the Saar is really not only a vote for Germany, but literally for Hitler’s Germany. Goebbels is surely right in that. After all there was … Continue reading
Klemperer – March 1935
“Hartnacke, Minister of Education, bad enough, but still an educated man, right wing rather than a Nazi, has been ‘discharged’. Mutschmann is his own minister of education and a wild Nazi primary schoolteacher is his commissar. For how many more … Continue reading
Klemperer – April 1935
“…in every speech Rust [Minister of Education] emphasizes the overcoming of ‘insipid intellectualism,’ the precedence given to ‘physical and character skills,’ the interdiction on compensating for them with ‘purely intellectual accomplisments,’ ‘racial’ selection. — At the psychiatric congress recently, it … Continue reading