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The Lesser Evil: The Diaries of Victor Klemperer 1945-1959

Martin Chalmers

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Translated from the original German, this final volume of Victor Klemperer’s diaries opens in 1945. After the horrors of the war, Victor and Eva’s return to their Dresden home seems like a fairytale. Victor tries to resume his distinguished academic career and joins East Germany’s Communist Party. In 1951, Eva dies; a year later, aged 70, Victor marries a student—an unlikely but successful love match. But with the growing repression of the Communist Party, and the memory of those who did not survive, Victor’s achievements ring hollow. Politics, he comes to believe, is, above all, the choice of "the lesser evil." A masterpiece both of Holocaust literature and memoir.

Language: English

Pages: 637

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Phoenix

Release: September 01, 2003

ISBN: 0753817942

ISBN 13: 9780753817940

The Lesser Evil: The Diaries of Victor Klemperer 1945-1959

Martin Chalmers

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Translated from the original German, this final volume of Victor Klemperer’s diaries opens in 1945. After the horrors of the war, Victor and Eva’s return to their Dresden home seems like a fairytale. Victor tries to resume his distinguished academic career and joins East Germany’s Communist Party. In 1951, Eva dies; a year later, aged 70, Victor marries a student—an unlikely but successful love match. But with the growing repression of the Communist Party, and the memory of those who did not survive, Victor’s achievements ring hollow. Politics, he comes to believe, is, above all, the choice of "the lesser evil." A masterpiece both of Holocaust literature and memoir.

Language: English

Pages: 637

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Phoenix

Release: September 01, 2003

ISBN: 0753817942

ISBN 13: 9780753817940

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