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 studentan 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 ...
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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 studentan 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."
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