Comrade Klemperer
Communism, Liberalism and Jewishness in the DDR. The Later Diaries 1945–59
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10073894 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steven E Aschheim (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 325-343 |
| Publication date | 2001-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0094 • E-ISSN: 1461-7250 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002200940103600206 |
| OpenAlex | W4239431679 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This article seeks to analyse the ‘later’ Victor Klemperer through his newly published diaries for the period, 1945–59. It attempts to unravel the complex reasons for his turn to communism — after many years of vehement opposition to that movement — and his life and fate as a citizen of the German Democratic Republic. It also maps Klemperer's fraught and changing attitudes towards that regime. At the same time, the article traces the tensions between Klemperer's newly-formed political loyalties and his ongoing liberalism as well as his continuing problematic relations with his own Jewishness and the issue of Zionism
Archaeology · Communism · Democracy · Economic history · German · Liberalism · Opposition (politics · Political science · Politics · Zionism · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · European history and politics · German History and Society · History · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies · Religious Studies
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2012 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |