Recently published diaries present an unique and damning insider's view of Nazi Germany.

by Elke Schmitter

Postoje dva važna dnevnika koja opisuju događaje u vrijeme nacističke Njemačke. Prvi je od Viktora Klemperera koji je živio u "židovskoj kući" u Dresdenu. Bio je profesor koji je otpušten s posla i objavio je 1995.  svoj dnevnik "Ich will Zeugnis ablegen bis zum letzten" ("I Will Bear Witness 1942-1945: A Diary of the Nazi Years").....

Drugi, nedavno objavljeni dnevnik,  napisao je Friedrich Kellner,  inspektor,  koji je sa ženom živio u službenom stanu u gradu Laubachu i koji je sakrivao svoje bilješke o ratu u radnom kabinetu
Knjiga od 900 stranica počinje u rujnu 1938 . i pisana je iz perspektive njemačkog građanina koji nije bio nacist, Ona pokazuje i koje su informacije Nijemci mogli primati od nacističke vladavine...

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Ten closely written volumes document the things Kellner experienced, observed and, most of all, what he read and heard. He cut out speeches and calls to action from newspapers and analyzed them, and he made notes about ordinances and decrees. He contrasted the information provided by the government with the facts, both in everyday life in Hesse and at the distant front. He listened to foreign radio stations when he could. But most of all, he analyzed the propaganda from a critical standpoint.....

Kellner himself wrote that "this pathetic German nation" had been held hostage by the perpetrators. "Everyone is convinced that we must triumph so that we are not completely lost." The Nazis themselves warned the population against the revenge of the perpetrators....

Kellner lived until 1970. ..

Translated from the German by Christopher Sultan.
This article originally appeared in Der Spiegel.