Tag Archives: Victor Klemperer

2022 Books Read

Posted on January 6, 2023 by sheila

Some re-reads this year, but a lot of new-to-me authors as well. New novels written by faves. Been a year of upheaval and transitions. I’ve managed to keep up my regular reading schedule. I just don’t feel right if I’m … Continue reading →

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On This Day: September 1, 1939

Posted on September 1, 2022 by sheila

From Newsweek: Scenes from the invasion of Poland From MSN: Friends, foes, mark WWII’s start in Poland Hitler’s speech on Sept. 1, 1939, from Berlin: To the defense forces: The Polish nation refused my efforts for a peaceful regulation of … Continue reading →

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For Holocaust Remembrance Day: Bear Witness

Posted on January 27, 2018 by sheila

On May 27, 1942, a desperate and isolated Victor Klemperer, feeling the vice of Nazi terror closing in around him, helpless to stop it, declared in his journal: “I shall go on writing. That is my heroism. I will bear … Continue reading →

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Today in history: November 7, 1917

Posted on November 7, 2013 by sheila

Yesterday’s post was a bit prescient, considering that today is the anniversary of one of the most seismic events of the 20th century: The Russian Revolution (or, at least, that first successful power-grab.) Look at that rogue’s gallery. I love … Continue reading →

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The Books: I Will Bear Witness: 1942-1945, by Victor Klemperer

Posted on April 17, 2011 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Memoirs: Next book on the Memoir/Letters/Journals shelf is I Will Bear Witness 1942-1945: A Diary of the Nazi Years, by Victor Klemperer Volume II of Victor Klemperer’s extraordinary journal (volume I here). The screws tighten inexorably, and … Continue reading →

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The Books: I Will Bear Witness: A Diary of the Nazi Years, 1933-1941, by Victor Klemperer

Posted on April 16, 2011 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Memoirs: Next book on the Memoir/Letters/Journals shelf is I Will Bear Witness: A Diary of the Nazi Years, 1933-1941, by Victor Klemperer The journals (there are three volumes in all) are written by a Jewish man, an … Continue reading →

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Today In History: November 7, 1917

Posted on November 7, 2008 by sheila

One of the most seismic events of the 20th century: The Russian Revolution. Look at that gathering of rogues. I love the grainy old photographs of all of them – they always look so twinkly and jolly, don’t they? It’s … Continue reading →

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2006 Books

Posted on December 30, 2006 by sheila

Books read this year. I actually may end up adding a couple more to the list – since I am bed-ridden at the moment and could finish 2 more books by the time the damn ball drops across the river. … Continue reading →

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Light Reading

Posted on May 18, 2006 by sheila

I’m tearing my way through Viktor Klemperer’s Language of the Third Reich: LTI: Lingua Tertii Imperii. Can’t put it down. I’ve been waiting to read this a long long time. When I stayed with Carrie in Belfast – (“Take a … Continue reading →

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Victor Klemperer: “I Will Bear Witness”

Posted on May 31, 2004 by sheila

If you have not read the two volumes of Victor Klemperer’s journals entitled I Will Bear Witness: A Diary of the Nazi Years, then I highly recommend you do so. The journals are written by a Jewish man, an intellectual, … Continue reading →

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