My opposition : the diary of Friedrich Kellner--a German against the Third Reich / translated and edited by Robert Scott Kellner ; with a foreword by Alan E. Steinweis.
Language: English Original language: German Publication details: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2018.Description: xxxi, 493 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cmISBN:- 9781108418294 (hardback)
- Vernebelt, verdunkelt sind alle Hirne. English
- Kellner, Friedrich, 1885-1970
- Kellner, Friedrich, 1885-1970 -- Diaries
- Kellner, Friedrich, 1885-1970 -- Political and social views
- Kellner, Friedrich, 1885-1970 -- Diaries
- Kellner, Friedrich, 1885-1970 -- Political and social views
- World War (1939-1945)
- 1900-1999
- Anti-Nazi movement
- Employees
- Jews -- Persecutions
- Political and social views
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, German
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Laubach (Giessen.)
- Jews -- Persecutions -- Germany -- Laubach (Giessen) -- History -- 20th century
- Anti-Nazi movement -- Germany -- Laubach (Giessen.)
- Jews -- Persecutions -- Germany -- Laubach (Giessen) -- History -- 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, German
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Laubach (Giessen)
- Anti-Nazi movement -- Germany -- Laubach (Giessen)
- Jews -- Persecutions -- Germany -- Laubach (Giessen) -- History -- 20th century
- Germany
- Germany -- Laubach (Giessen)
- Germany -- Officials and employees -- Diaries
- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Biography
- Germany -- Officials and employees -- Diaries
- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Biography
- 943.086 23
- D811.5 .K4513 2017
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Biography | 943.086 KEL | Available | 067814 |
Translated from the German.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Biographical narrative -- About the translation -- Pre-war writings -- The diary -- 1939 -- 1940 -- 1941 -- 1942 -- 1943 -- 1944 -- 1945.
"A mid-level official in a provincial German town, Kellner kept a secret diary from 1939 to 1945, risking his life to record Nazi crimes and the population's support for a brutal dictatorship. His entries, with hundreds of newspaper clippings, unflinchingly chart the country's path to totalitarianism and genocide and demonstrate how ordinary Germans knew about the actions of the Nazi regime: the "extermination of Jews," the murder of prisoners of war, the killing of German mental patients, and the death sentences for Germans caught listening to foreign radio broadcasts or reading enemy leaflets. He excoriates the democracies for turning a blind eye to Germany's massive buildup of weapons before the war, and for appeasing Hitler instead of taking preemptive action against him"--Provided by publisher.
Translated from the German.
