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MY OPPOSITION This is a truly unique account of Nazi Germany at war and of one man’s struggle against totalitarianism. A mid-level official in a provincial town, FriedrichKellnerkeptasecretdiaryfrom1939to1945,riskinghislifetorecord Germany’spathtodictatorshipandgenocideandtoprotesthiscountrymen’s complicityintheregime’sbrutalities.Justonemonthintothewarheisaware thatJewsaremarkedforexterminationandlaterrecordshowsoldiersonleave spokeopenlyaboutthemassmurderofJewsandthemurderofPOWs;healso documentstheGestapo’smercilessruleathome fromeuthanasiacampaigns against the handicapped and mentally ill to the execution of anyone found listeningtoforeignbroadcasts.Thisessentialtestimonyofeverydaylifeunder the Third Reich is accompanied by a foreword by Alan Steinweis and the remarkablestoryofhowthediarywasbroughttolightbyRobertScottKellner, Friedrich’sgrandson. RobertScottKellnerdiscoveredhisgrandfather’sdiaryin1960andhasworked tirelesslytobringittotheattentionoftheworldthroughexhibitsattheDwight D.EisenhowerandGeorgeH.W.BushPresidentialLibraries,adocumentary filmscreenedattheUnitedNations,andthepublicationofacompleteedition ofthediaryinGermanandabridgmentsinRussianandPolish. MY OPPOSITION – The Diary of Friedrich Kellner A German against the Third Reich Translated and Edited by ROBERT SCOTT KELLNER With a Foreword by Alan E. Steinweis UniversityPrintingHouse,CambridgeCB28BS,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,NY10006,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,VIC3207,Australia 314–321,3rdFloor,Plot3,SplendorForum,JasolaDistrictCentre,NewDelhi–110025,India 79AnsonRoad,#06–04/06,Singapore079906 CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781108418294 DOI:10.1017/9781108289696 ©RobertScottKellner2018 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2018 PrintedintheUnitedKingdombyTJInternationalLtd.Padstow,Cornwall AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData NAMES:Kellner,Friedrich,1885–1970,author.|Kellner,RobertScott,editor. TITLE:Myopposition:thediaryofFriedrichKellner–aGermanagainsttheThirdReich/ editedbyRobertScottKellner;withaforewordbyAlanE.Steinweis. Othertitles:Vernebelt,verdunkeltsindalleHirne.German DESCRIPTION:Cambridge,UnitedKingdom;NewYork,NY:CambridgeUniversityPress, 2017.|Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. IDENTIFIERS:LCCN2017030752|ISBN9781108418294(hardback:alkalinepaper) SUBJECTS:LCSH:Kellner,Friedrich,1885–1970–Diaries.|WorldWar,1939–1945–Personal narratives,German.|Kellner,Friedrich,1885–1970–Politicalandsocialviews.|Germany– Officialsandemployees–Diaries.|Germany–History–1933–1945–Biography.|Anti-Nazi movement–Germany–Laubach(Giessen)|Jews–Persecutions–Germany–Laubach (Giessen)–History–20thcentury.|WorldWar,1939–1945–Germany–Laubach(Giessen) CLASSIFICATION:LCCD811.5.K45132017|DDC943.086/4092[B]–dc23 LCrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2017030752 ISBN978-1-108-41829-4Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyof URLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. Hitlerhasrisentobeaglaringexampleofabominationformankind. Formehehasalwaysbeenwhathewas:abrigand,abeast! FriedrichKellner,December17,1942 CONTENTS Foreword pageix AlanE.Steinweis Preface xix BiographicalNarrative 1 AbouttheTranslation 25 Pre-WarWritings 27 TheDiary 1939 33 1940 57 1941 97 1942 161 1943 226 1944 307 1945 392 Acknowledgments 412 Notes 414 WorksCited 466 Index 475 Platesectionbetweenpages96and97 vii
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