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Victor Klemperer

German philologist (1881-1960) · Germany · On the map · Academics · Died at 78

Victor Klemperer was a German philologist and diarist who chronicled life in the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, under Nazi Germany, and in East Germany. His detailed observations are among the most important firsthand accounts of everyday life under Nazism.

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1995Geschwister-Scholl-PreisAward1960Died11 February 1960F.-C.-Weiskopf-PreisAward1951Honorary Doctor of the Dresden University of TechnologyAward1881Born9 October 1881

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Geschwister-Scholl-Preis1995
F.-C.-Weiskopf-Preis1960
Honorary Doctor of the Dresden University of Technology1951
National Prize of East Germany
Patriotic Order of Merit in Silver

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Country
Germany
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1881 to 1960 · aged 78

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