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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