The publication of Victor Klemperer's secret diaries brings to light one of the
most extraordinary documents of the Nazi period. "In its cool, lucid style and p
ower of observation," said The New York Times, "it is the best written, most evo
cative, most observant record of daily life in the Third Reich." I Will Bear Wit
ness is a work of literature as well as a revelation of the day-by-day horror of
the Nazi years.
