Language of the Third Reich: LTI: Lingua Tertii Imperii

Victor Klemperer

A&C Black, Jul 1, 2006 - History - 274 pages

Victor Klemperer (1881-1960) was Professor of French Literature at Dresden University. As a Jew, he was removed from his university post in 1935, only surviving thanks to his marriage to an Aryan.

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.'

This brilliant book is by turns entertaining and profound, saddening and horrifying. It is deservedly one of the great twentieth-century studies of language and its engagement with history.

Translated by Dr Martin Brady.

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This book was amazing. The Nazis lost World War II eventually, but during their 12-year reign they destroyed entire peoples via extermination camps, book burnings, and renaming regions and towns. At ...

About the author

Victor Klemperer, a front-line veteran of the First World War, became Professor of French Literature at Dresden University. He was taken from his university in 1935 because he was Jewish, and only survived because of his marriage to an Aryan.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Language of the Third Reich: LTI: Lingua Tertii Imperii; Continuum impacts; Impacts Series
• Author: Victor Klemperer
• Translated by: Martin Brady
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: A&C Black, 2006
• ISBN: 0826491308, 9780826491305
• Length: 274 pages
• Subjects: History / Europe / Germany; Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General