- 1942, February 15, Sunday morning – Yesterday, February 14, the first day clearing snow, from eight till two, but this coming week it will probably last from eight or half past eight until five o’clock, plus a march of one hour there and one hour back. Yesterday left after seven o’clock in the gray of dawn, almost darkness, with Dr. Friedheim. Snow-covered streets unrecognizable. Toward Zschertnitz, past the old brickworks, then straight past the Moreau monument as far as the Elysium, a large inn just at the beginning of Langemarckstrasse, formerly Bergstrasse, in Racknitz. On the way Dr. Friedheim fell twice, once very heavily; later he produced a certificate from Dr. Rostoski: gallbladder, liver, hernia, diabetes … went home. A pitiful group assembled in the house entry. **p13
- 1942, February 18, Wednesday evening – Yesterday and today “mustered” at the “Elysium,” marched off, Langemarckstrasse as far as the Toll House, continued along the main road in the direction of Kaitz. [… ] Different foreman, different supervisor, again both were very humane and anti-Nazi. “Don’t say that we treated you well, not at the Community either, rather say we were bad; otherwise we’ll be in trouble.” — “Don’t knock yourself out.” **p17
- 1942, March 1, Sunday – On Saturday to Zellscher Weg again, then finished clearing Langemarckstrasse and its continuation to Kaitz. (We had begun the job at the beginning of the week, after the storm last Sunday, then abandoned it again. Our orders are very muddled.) Saturday work ended at half past one. At home: housework. Ida Kreidl and Frau Pick were here in the evening. I could hardly keep my eyes open. **p21
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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