The Language of the Third Reich
Subtitle: LTI--Lingua Tertii Imperii : a philologist's notebook
By: Victor Klemperer ; Translated by Martin Brady
Contributors: Brady, Martin, 1962- translator
Edition: Bloomsbury Revelations edition.
Series: Bloomsbury revelations series
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9781472507211
Subjects: German Propaganda; Political aspects; National socialism; Semantics; German language
Work titles: LTI, Notizbuch eines Philologen
Description: "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. From 1933 to 1935 Klemperer kept detailed diaries, which contain in note form some of the raw material for the German edition of LTI: Lingua Tertii Imperii. 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"--
Notes: Originally published in English: London ; New Brunswick, N.J. : Athlone Press, 2000.

Translation of: LTI, Notizbuch eines Philologen, 3rd edition.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Translated from the German.
Table of contents: title: Heroism (Instead of an introduction); title: LTI; title: Prelude; title: Distinguishing feature : poverty; title: Partenau; title: From the diary of the first year; title: The first three words of the Nazi language; title: Aufziehen; title: Ten years of fascism; title: Fanatical; title: Autochthonous writing; title: Blurring boundaries; title: Punctuation; title: Names; title: Kohlenklau; title: Knif; title: On a single working day; title: 'System' and 'organisation'; title: I believe in him; title: Personal announcements as an LTI revision book; title: What remains?; title: German roots; title: A sunny Weltanschauung (chance discoveries whilst reading); title: If two people do the same thing ...; title: Café Europa; title: The star; title: The Jewish war; title: The Jewish spectacles; title: The language of the victor; title: Zion; title: The curse of the superlative; title: From the great movement forward ...; title: Boxing; title: Gefolgschaft; title: The one syllable; title: Running hot and cold; title: Putting the theory to the test; title: ''Cos of certain expressions' (an afterword).