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Language of the Third Reich: LTI: Lingua Tertii Imperii (Bloomsbury Revelations) 1st Edition

by Victor Klemperer (Author)
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A labourer, journalist and a professor who lived through four successive periods of German political history – from the German Empire, through the Weimar Republic and the Nazi state through to the German Democratic Republic – Victor Klemperer is regarded as one of the most vivid witnesses to a tumultuous century of European history.

First published in 1957, The Language of the Third Reich arose from Klemperer's conviction that the language of the Third Reich helped to create its culture. As Klemperer writes: 'It isn't only Nazi actions that have to vanish, but also the Nazi cast of mind, the typical Nazi way of thinking, and its breeding ground: the language of Nazism.'

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    1472507215
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    978-1472507211
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    1st
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    Bloomsbury Academic
  5. Publication date
    December 19, 2013
  6. Part of series
    Bloomsbury Revelations
  7. Language
    English
  8. Dimensions
    5.45 x 0.9 x 8.45 inches
  9. Print length
    320 pages
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  • Trystan Marl Greist
    5.0 out of 5 stars Important book!
    Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2024
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    This book is a must-read for those interested in the rise of Hitler and the Third Reich. It is timely to go back and examine such things at this moment in American history. Get it, read it, learn from it. Forewarned is forearmed.
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  • The Swimmer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Calling it seminal is too rhtorical - it's plain valuable...
    Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2014
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    To read the work by a German-Jew (according to the Nazi definitions) despite having converted to one of the Protestant branches, was valuable; he never disowned his German past, and in fact declares in text that "Nazism is not Germany - this is a totally foreign thing...this continuous strident yelling by gov't reps., this violence" entered in his journal when all this weird metamorphosis of a people was taking place - and an excellent chapter on Zionism, specifically Hertzl, and Zionism's odd parallels to the "Aryan" Hitlerian spirit - with reflected perspectives built into Mein Kampf. For anyone trying to understand as much as possible on what happened to this country of Bach, Beethoven and Goethe, etc., especially the 30 - 40 years prior to and then through Hitler crystal, this book is a must-buy. If one has already read some of the original texts from the period (Nazi - in German), you will see this "period" vocabulary identified and discussed in the context of a German citizen whose expertise is philology - the study of words - is spot-on. Really an excellent read. A government's scient use of certain words and idea-associations, then echoed by many in the press, sharing gov't goals and interests - and then given life and spirit in the mouth of the "common man" made me think of Noam Chomsky...
    Also see texts by Lombroso, Max Nordau, Bainville, Gobineau, inter alia. Dr. Klemperer is good man. Glad he kept writing. I so wish this heinous period in human history never ever happened. So many innocent beautiful souls lost, too much and too many.
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  • Trekker
    4.0 out of 5 stars Useful for understanding how language characterizes and persuades.
    Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2022
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    I'm a fan of Klemperer's first two diary collections and also interested in how govts., politicians, advertisers, et al., use language to persuade and manipulate. The book is pretty academic and occasionally requires careful attention. I'm also glad I had some grounding in German and linguistics. But even if I hadn't had, I would have found the book interesting. Klemperer's accounts of living as a Jew in day-to-day Nazi Dresden (and not in a CZ camp) is informative, even if depressing and downright outrageous. Many of the linguistic aspects and Hitler's assumptions about his target audience also ring some bells in connection with our own (US) recent political history.
    Not a light read, but i am glad I read it.
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  • Richard C. Geschke
    5.0 out of 5 stars An Erudite look into the change of German Culture and Language
    Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2008
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    After I took a rather large block of time to read the entire edited entries of Victor Klemperer's diaries entitled "I shall Bear Witness" and "To the Bitter End", I went on to read Klemperer's thesis on the language of the Third Reich.
    As a well known professor of philology, Klemperer goes into great detail as to the change of the German language during the 12 year reign of the Third Reich. Along with the daily writings of Klemperer's diaries, Victor also engaged in his thesis of the language change which occurred in Germany from 1933 to 1945.
    Many things that were said during the aforementioned time period had double meanings. To a Jew in Nazi Germany, the word privilege had an ominous meaning. In fact many rather innocent words, phrases and idioms meant rather different things to different people in Nazi Germany.
    Victor Klemperer had the time and also the temerity to note these changes in the German language. As an oppressed Jew who actually survived the Nazi regime, he indeed noted the change of meanings in language and also the change of meanings in the very essence of German being and culture.
    Klemperer is a latter day descendant of a mythical fly on the wall. To note he was a rather highly educated fly. Herr Klemperer really did see the black side of a totalitarian government. What is amazing is that Klemperer did indeed survive. To add to this rather amazing fact, the person who survived, was indeed intelligent enough to write about the happenings and form a rather succinct opinion of what transpired.
    This book in a gem. I'm going to read it again, in order to benefit from all of Klemperer's thesis. I'm sure I'll learn more of this rather gruesome time period. If you have an historian's inclination, please do read this rather magnificent work.
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  • Martin
    5.0 out of 5 stars Exactly as described
    Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2024
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    The book arrived promptly and was exactly as described. I would definitely order from this dealer again!
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  • Troy Haliwell
    5.0 out of 5 stars Essay collection, nice to read.
    Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2022
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    I liked that it was very much Victor's own words and feelings, helpful if you have read his diaries before hand. Also fills in holes from his diaries. Scary in that it can also reflect modern day America.
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  • Alejandro Pisanty
    5.0 out of 5 stars The perversion of language leads to the perversion of thought and decay of society.
    Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2019
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    An extraordinary book, showing in detail how the totalitarian, Nazi regime infiltrated language and almost obliterated public discourse. Also of note: this is a print-on-demand edition, a welcome development.
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  • Jonathan Dlouhy
    5.0 out of 5 stars Must read!
    Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2014
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    This is a fantastic book that bears many readings. It is taken from Klemperer's diary during and after the Nazi abomination. He investigates the way the Nazis abuse the language. It also has its humorous side as well. This guy is a brilliant, perceptive writer and social critic.
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  • Dori
    4.0 out of 5 stars Edición mejorable
    Reviewed in Spain on July 25, 2021
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    Buen libro, que cabe completar con las memorias del autor. La edición resulta algo doméstica
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  • Peter Milne
    5.0 out of 5 stars The style of writing used by the Third Reich
    Reviewed in Canada on August 28, 2019
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    The culture of the Third Reich was created by words. Words became sentences. Sentences became propaganda. Written by a Jewish Professor of French Literature teaching in Germany and then living in Jermany because he was married to a Aryan. The writing culture of the politicos has not changed.
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  • Libby
    5.0 out of 5 stars Recommended - but brace yourself.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 27, 2017
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    This book is an excellent, although very disturbing, read. Enlightening and perceptive analysis of the language used in Nazi Germany.

    The style is a little confusing at times - the result of translation, no doubt.

    Recommended - but brace yourself.
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  • Camilla
    4.0 out of 5 stars Linguaggio e percezione
    Reviewed in Italy on August 11, 2012
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    Un libro irrinunciabile per chi studia i profondi e drammatici cambiamenti che il regime nazista riuscì ad attuare nella società tedesca nel giro di pochissimi anni. E anche per chi e' affascinato dalla capacita' del linguaggio di plasmare la nostra percezione della realtà.
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  • HistoryLover
    5.0 out of 5 stars An important book
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 10, 2020
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    The Nazi invention, or appropriation, of language is the subject of this fascinating, disturbing, but brilliant piece of scholarship. Very much recommended.
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