I Will Bear Witness: The Diary of Victor Klemperer

By: Victor Klemperer

Setting

Rising Action

Climax

Falling action

Resolution

Nuremberg Laws

Evacuation

Nuremberg Laws - 1935

• Determined who was Jewish and who was not

• Victor and Eva were always at risk of separation; the laws disallowed Jews and Germans to marry.

Home

Evacuation of Jews

• Thousands of Jews from Dresden forced into different housing

• Victor and Eva must dispose of typewriter and illegal books

• Victor and Eva move into a crowded house and lose their privacy

Home

SettingThe setting is in Victor Klemperer’s home in the city of Dresden,

Germany.

Klemperer has recently lost his job due to Anti-

Jewish laws.

HomeCity Centers of Dresden

Rising ActionCurfew is instituted

No travel except to work, no cinema, newspapers, telephone, and shopping one hour a week only

Victor and Eva must leave their home

Victor is forced to work Hard labor or be sent to sent to Theresienstadt

Jews entering Theresienstadt

Home

ClimaxThe Bombing of

Dresden

Victor and Eva Escape

The Destruction of Dresden, February 1945

A Dresden railway after the bombing

Home

Falling Action

Victor removes theyellow star and joins arefugee group with Eva.

They use the chaos of the bombing as a means of escape.

They travel through the woods to American-controlled territory

Symbol of Victor Removing his Star

Home

Resolution

Victor and Eva return to Dresden by foot through

Eastern Germany.

Victor and Eva reclaim their home in Dölzschen

(suburb of Dresden).

The Klemperer Home in Dölzschen Home