My Opposition
The Diary of Friedrich Kellner - A German against the Third Reich
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- Real Author: Friedrich Kellner
- Editor and Translator: Robert Scott Kellner
- Date Published: January 2018
- availability: In stock
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781108418294
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This is a truly unique account of Nazi Germany at war and of one man's struggle against totalitarianism. A mid-level official in a provincial town, Friedrich Kellner kept a secret diary from 1939 to 1945, risking his life to record Germany's path to dictatorship and genocide and to protest his countrymen's complicity in the regime's brutalities. Just one month into the war he is aware that Jews are marked for extermination and later records how soldiers on leave spoke openly about the mass murder of Jews and the murder of POWs; he also documents the Gestapo's merciless rule at home from euthanasia campaigns against the handicapped and mentally ill to the execution of anyone found listening to foreign broadcasts. This essential testimony of everyday life under the Third Reich is accompanied by a foreword by Alan Steinweis and the remarkable story of how the diary was brought to light by Robert Scott Kellner, Friedrich's grandson.
Read more- A remarkable first-hand account of everyday life under National Socialism during the Second World War which documents just how widespread awareness was of the unfolding of the Holocaust
- A timeless portrayal of the individual's struggle against totalitarianism which still resonates today
- Includes the dramatic story of the Kellner family and of how the diary was brought to light by Scott Kellner, Friedrich's grandson
- The author's writings are interspersed with contemporary clippings from the German press
Reviews & endorsements
‘What is it like to be an isolated democrat in a highly popular dictatorship? This wartime diary will tell you. Just how this keenly observed book came to be published is an extraordinary story for itself. And Friedrich Kellner's day-to-day encounters with enthusiastic, gullible Hitler supporters in his hometown reveal a morally steadfast, but basically lonely German citizen whose perspective is bracing, incisive, and still pertinent to our times.' Peter Fritzsche, University of Illinois
See more reviews'An important piece of historical literature … this book has vital things to say not just about the history of the war but what it was to be a decent human being and yet be forced to live through terrible times.' Laurence Rees, Daily Telegraph
'A remarkable testament … Reading it is a reminder that not all Germans under the Third Reich were Nazis; some at least managed to retain a sense of decency and human values.' Richard J. Evans, Guardian
'Deftly compiled and expertly edited by Robert Scott Kellner, My Opposition: The Diary of Friedrich Kellner - A German against the Third Reich is a truly unique and impressively informative account of Nazi Germany at war and of one man's struggle against totalitarianism. An absolutely essential and unreservedly recommended addition to both community and academic library World War II History collections and supplemental studies reading lists …' Micah Andrew, Midwest Book Review
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- Date Published: January 2018
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781108418294
- length: 520 pages
- dimensions: 235 x 157 x 29 mm
- weight: 1kg
- contains: 53 b/w illus.
- availability: In stock
Table of Contents
Foreword by Alan E. Steinweis
Preface
Biographical narrative
About the translation
Pre-war writings
The diary:
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945.
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