Language Quote by Victor Klemperer

“Words can be like tiny doses of arsenic: they are swallowed unnoticed, appear to have no effect, and then after a little time the toxic reaction sets in after all.” quote by Victor Klemperer — Download Open image

““Words can be like tiny doses of arsenic: they are swallowed unnoticed, appear to have no effect, and then after a little time the toxic reaction sets in after all.””

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“The dominant feeling is that this reign of terror can hardly last long, but that its fall will bury us.”

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“To me the Zionists, who want to go back to the Jewish state of A.D. 70 (destruction of Jerusalem by Titus) are just as offensive as the Nazis. With their nosing after blood, their ancient "cultural roots," their partly canting, partly obtuse winding back of the world they are altogether a match for the National Socialists. That is the fantastic…

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“We had a friendly conversation, the man shook my hand, told me to keep my spirits up… The next day…He stared ahead as he…

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“That the door fell shut, that the latch fell into place, did I know it with a nameless fear. At that second the eight…

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“We are completely isolated. We have heard nothing from Annemarie Kohler, nothing from Johannes Kohler for weeks…A frightening silence.”

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“I believe the pogroms of November '38 made less impression on the nation than cutting the bar of chocolate for Christmas.”

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“Curious: At the very moment modern technology annuls all frontiers and distances (flying, wireless, television, economic interdependance), the most extreme nationalism is raging.”

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