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Victor Klemperer
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Victor Klemperer, born on 9 October 1881 in Gorzów Wielkopolski, worked in the field of Romance studies and held citizenship of Germany, the German Democratic Republic and Poland. He was educated at the Französisches Gymnasium Berlin, earned a doctorate, and was employed by TU Dresden, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, the University of Greifswald and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. He spoke German, French, Italian and Spanish, and took part in the First World War.
Klemperer was a member of the German Academy of Sciences at Berlin, the Socialist Unity Party of Germany and the Communist Party of Germany. His notable work is LTI – Lingua Tertii Imperii. He received the Geschwister-Scholl-Preis and the National Prize of East Germany. His spouse was Eva Klemperer. Klemperer died on 11 February 1960 in Dresden.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 9 October 1881
- Died
- 11 February 1960
- Works
- 61
Top works
- Jeg vil aflægge vidnesbyrd til det sidste
- Montesquieu
- Geschichte der französischen Literatur im 18. Jahrhundert
- LTI
- Quiero dar testimonio hasta el final- 2022
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1881-10-09 ) 9 October 1881, Landsberg an der Warthe , Kingdom of Prussia , German Empire (now Gorzów Wielkopolski , Poland)
- Died
- 11 February 1960 (1960-02-11) (aged 78), Dresden , East Germany
- Alma mater
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (PhD, Hab )
- Occupation
- Romanist
- Spouses
- Eva Schlemmer [ de ] ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1906 ; died 1951 ) Hadwig Kirchner [ de ] ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1952 )
- Parent s
- Wilhelm Klemperer, Henriette Klemperer née Frankel
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Victor
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Poland
- Place of birth
- Gorzów Wielkopolski
- Place of death
- Dresden
- Occupation
- lector
- Educated at
- Französisches Gymnasium Berlin
- Employer
- University of Naples Federico II
- Political party
- Communist Party of Germany
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Religion
- Protestantism
- Academic degree
- doctorate
- Field of work
- Romance studies
- Conflict
- World War I
- Image
- Bundesarchiv Bild 183-16552-0002, Victor Klemperer.jpg
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- Victor Klemperer
- date of birth
- 1881-10-09
- date of death
- 1960-02-11
- member of
- German Academy of Sciences at Berlin
- place of burial
- Germany
- name in native language
- Victor Klemperer
- archives at
- Saxon State and University Library, Dresden
- Academia.edu profile URL
- www.academia.edu/People/Victor_Klemperer
- P8168
- Avi Sagild
- writing language
- German
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Encyclopedic overview
Victor Klemperer (9 October 1881 – 11 February 1960) was a German philologist and diarist who chronicled life in the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, under Nazi Germany, and in East Germany. His detailed observations are among the most important firsthand accounts of everyday life under Nazism.
Dismissed from his university post as part of the racial policy of Nazi Germany, he survived persecution in Dresden, where he continued his diaries in secret. After 1945, he joined the Socialist Unity Party of Germany and later served as a cultural figure.
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