Lothringer Strasse

• 1943, July 19, Monday morning – On Sunday afternoon as I was coming from the cemetery, an elderly gentleman — white goatee, about seventy, retired senior civil servant — crossed Lothringer Strasse toward me, held out his hand, and said with a certain solemnity: “I saw your star and I greet you; I condemn this outlawing of a race, as do many others.” I: “Very kind — but you must not talk to me, it can cost me my life and put you in prison.” — Yes, but he wanted to say it and he had to say it to me. — The chorus of voices of the people. Which voice dominates and will be decisive? **p254

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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