- 1942, February 13, Friday evening – At six o’clock a messenger came from the Jewish Community; I had to report at eight o’clock tomorrow morning, in Racknitz, to shovel snow. That is exactly the work at which my heart protests after five minutes. It is to last “until the early afternoon.” I also lack boots with good soles. It was too late for any kind of objection or any attempt to procure boots. I have to accept it. I can do no more than die. **p13
- 1942, February 13, Friday evening – At six o’clock a messenger came from the Jewish Community; I had to report at eight o’clock tomorrow morning, in Racknitz, to shovel snow. **p13
- 1942, February 15, Sunday morning – Toward Zschertnitz, past the old brickworks, then straight past the Moreau monument as far as the Elysium, a large inn just at p13
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Südhöhe road. We got it free, widened the roadway. As I was shoveling here, I was aware of my heart. Then we marched along Innsbrucker Strasse almost as far as Nöthnitz Manor near Bannewitz […], opposite it a shed, where we had our morning break, facing Dresden, and a few hundred yards from Kaitz p14 - 1942, February 16, Monday evening – Clearing snow no. 2. Outside from half past seven in the morning until half past five. Pains on the snow-covered way there via Mockritz and Kaitz to Nöthnitz . **p15
- 1945, February 22, Sunday morning – Zellscher Weg, Hempelstrasse, Zeunerstrasse – **p17
- 1942, February 24, Tuesday evening – Toll House and down to Kaitz, Nöthnitzer Strasse **p19
- 1942, February 26, Thursday evening – Kaitzgrundstrasse along Kaitzbach stream from Mockritz up toward Cunnersdorf. **p20
- 1942, March 1, Sunday – Zellscher Weg again, then finished clearing Langemarckstrasse and its continuation to Kaitz. **p21
- 1942, March 3, Tuesday evening – Yesterday a considerable thaw, morning and midday breaks in a little old house in Altzschertnitz; from there we cleared Münzmeisterstrasse as far as the Südhohe road. Then a long walk down to Mockritz, to Gostritz, worked on a road running toward Nothnitz-Bannewitz across a deeply cut stream. **p22
- 1942, March 6, Friday – travel through the city to Wölfnitz. From there march to Altgorbitz. The usual road-workers’ barracks in a corner of the village, Lesskestrasse. From there marched up the hill to the first houses of Pesterwitz. **p22
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There is a track across the fields from Kesselsdorfer Strasse to Nausslitz. Here the wind was terribly strong. **p23
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I quickly walked to the tram alone, taking a shortcut, Hofwiesenstrasse.**p24 - 1945, March 15, Sunday – the Toll House and over the Kaitzbach stream, the road to Cunnersdorf on Friday and Saturday, starting from Mockritz a) the route from Kaitz to Nothnitz, b) the Altgostritz-Nothnitz road. **p26
Source:
- ** I Will Bear Witness, Volume 2: A Diary of the Nazi Years: 1942-1945, Victor Klemperer, Publisher : Modern Library; Illustrated edition
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