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KLEMPERER, VICTOR: : TO THE BITTER END: The Diaries of Victor Klemperer 1942-45

LONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON,1999.

ISBN 0297818805.

UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Originally published,Berlin,1995,as 'Ich will Zeugnis abelgen bis zum letzten'.Abridged and translated from the German edition by Martin Chambers.]FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,b/w photograph to blue background and white+gilt letters, illustrated upper wrap,white-lettered critics' reviews of a previously published volume of the diaries,to rear wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top +fore-edges bright and clean - a barely noticeable smudge/grub to top edge towards spine/backstrip - contents bright,tight and pristine,no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original, plain dark blue cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate,plain grey endpapers.UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,x-xvpp+4-538pp includes translator's preface, 1942-45 year/annual diary entries,notes,a chronology,an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title page,verso of which is a b/w diarist's portrait photographic frntis, title page,contents list/table,and 2pp comprising 3 b/w maps [Germany,1937 boundaries,Saxony and Dresden]. The publication of Victor Klemperer's diaries brings to light one of the most extraordinary documents of the Nazi period. The son of a rabbi,Klemperer was in 1933 a professor of Romance Languages in Dresden. Over the next decade he,like other German Jews,lost his job,his house and many of his friends,even his cat,as Jews were not allowed to own pets.Throughout,he remained loyal to his country and determined not to emigrate,though he became increasingly desperate and pessimistic as the Nazis tightened their grip on power and placed increasing restrictions on Jews.Unlike so many others,Klemperer managed to escape the concentration camps for many years,largely due to his marriage to an 'Aryan',who stood by him through every adversity.In 1945,as he was about to be summoned for deportation,he was able to escape in the aftermath of the Allied bombing of Dresden and he survived the remaining months of the war in hiding and on the run.Throughout these years Klemperer kept a diary,for a Jew in war-time Nazi Germany a daring act in itself. Powerful,precise and clear-sighted,the diaries have been hailed in Germany and outside (the Englisg edition of volume 1, 1933-41,was published in 1998) as a unique record of daily life in the Third Reich. This second volume of diaries begins in January 1942,a month which sees the first deportation of Jews from Dresden.In the long months that follow,Klemperer details the shrinking of the city's Jewish population,the speculation and rumours about their fate in the East,and the increasing certainty that they will never return.He himself is forced to clear snow and work as a labourer in factories.Most of the time he goes hungry.Shocking and moving by turns, Klemperer's diary is a remarkable and important document,as powerful and astonishing in its way as Anne Frank's classic. Please contact seller,because of the heavier weight/value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
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