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This 5
page report discusses the daily life of one German man in
Germany, Victor Klemperer, in the years lead to and during
the years of World War II. Klemperer was born into a Jewish
family but converted to Christianity at a young age. He was
also married to a “fully-blooded Aryan.” However, in the
eyes of the Nazis he was still as Jew and therefore
subjected tot he tyranny and persecution of Hitler’s Third
Reich. The details of his daily life and what he and his
wife experienced serve as a powerful example of the
difficulties a truly “average” German experienced in
Germany. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Page Count:
5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_BWvictor.rtf
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experience. Few, if any historians, social scientists or members of the general public would dispute such a fact. The horrors of the time, the loss of millions of people, each
of which was somebodys loved one still echoes in the collective consciousness of humanity that the capacity for such evil does exist in the human psyche. The stories of his
life that Victor Klemperer writes cover the post-Second World War years to the German Democratic Republic in 1959. Originally published in Germany in 1995 (and quickly selling 150,000 copies)
and now available in English, they present a view into the realm of European communism and fascism that have been fading into the shadows of history. As such, Klemperer has
presented a text for 21st century readers to understand that the horrors did, indeed, take place, and what that has meant in terms of the evolution of the modern world.
Identity as a German Perhaps one of the most valuable aspects of Victor Klemperers writings are the ways in which he shares with his readers what it meant to be
a German in the midst of all that was going on. How did it feel to have a nation turn against countless numbers of people who had always defined themselves
as proud citizens of the country? It is important to understand that Klemperer did not think of himself as particularly religious and thought of his personal loyalty or affiliation as
being primarily German, not Jewish. Klemperer neither attended church or synagogue. He was married to a "full-blooded Aryan" and was "registered" as a Christian. He had also served with distinction
for Germany in World War I. Furthermore, it was apparently clear to all who knew him that his faith was the faith of intellectualism and literature. It appears that if
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