I Will Bear Witness: A Diary of the Nazi Years, 1933-1941; 1942-1945 (2 volumes) by Klemperer, Victor - 1998

New York: Random House, 1998. WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Translated by Martin Chalmers. Vol. 1: black boards, xxiii, 519, [1] pp, notes, index. Vol. 2: also 1st US Ed., 1999, ISBN 0-375-50240-8, black boards, xvii, 556, [1] pp, notes, index. Both DJs in Brodart archival cover. Klemperer, a philologist and historian of French literature, escaped from Dresden during the fire-bombing on February 13, 1945, just in time to avoid being deported to a death camp by the Gestapo. Over the previous twelve years, he had been removed from his professorship, had his home, car, and typewriter siezed, and been placed in a Jews' House. Despite his isolation, he continued to write his diary, in which he says, "It's not the big things that are important, but the everyday life of tyranny, which may be forgotten. A thousand mosquito bites are worse than a blow on the head. I observe, I note, the mosquito bites." Having survived the war, Klemperer returned to Dresden, where he was able to resume his professional career. His diaries were deposited in the Dresden state archives upon his death, and forgotten for decades. They were published in Germany in 1995. Shipping weight 6 lbs. (International 5 lbs., 4 oz.). First US Edition. . Fine/Fine. 24 X 16½ cm.