Sprache Des Reichs

Sheila O'Malley has this habit of posting long, Long, LONG collections of posts from single authors - always fascinating.

Monday's is the best so far: the posts of Victor Klemperer, a German Jew and writer whose notes are a fascinating look into the decay of Germany from 1933 to the end of the war.

O'Malley explains:

The journals are written by a Jewish man, an intellectual, a professor, living in Dresden, who was married to a German woman. A Christian. They go from 1932 to 1945, I believe, and they are incredibly detailed and terrifying first-hand accounts of the rise of the Nazis. It's a perfect example of that old adage: If you put a frog in a pot of water, and slowly bring it to a boil, the frog will not know when to jump out - but will indeed end up burning to death.

About fifty screens full of Klemperer quotes follow. They're all fascinating - start Here's one post on language,
and another,
...and another...
...and another....
...and another.

Worth a read.

Posted by Mitch at June 2, 2004 04:24 AM