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Martin Chalmer English Translator, I Will Bear Witness: A Diary of the Nazi Years l933-l94l by Victor Klemperer [Random House, l998] Robert von Rimscha Washington Bureau Chief, Tagesspiegel a Berlin daily newspaper Victor Klemperer, a Dresden Jew and a professor of Romance languages, lived through the Nazi era and kept a detailed account of the humiliations and eventual terror he experienced. When the first volume of his diaries was published in Germany in l995, it caused a sensation. The book sparked a diverse mix of reactions from the generation of Germans born after World War II. Join Ray and his guests to discuss the Klemperer diaries and their effect on younger Germans.