- 1943, November 14, Sunday midday and later – After a short while: “Get off!” — “I’ve got permission to travel.” — “Get off!” I got off and, buying a new ticket, went on with the next tram. The midday journey has been torture for me since then. From one stop to the next I expect a new calamity. — Work at Jagdweg begins at seven. Working day 7 a.m.—4:15 p.m. For the first three weeks, thanks to a doctor’s certificate on Eva’s condition, I have to work only until 12. **p272
- 1943, December 11, Saturday morning – We went to Jagdweg; after a while Bauer also arrived; we were led to our employees’ room; a little later Mobius and Dr. Lang appeared. Mobius also a man in his thirties. When he spoke, he was even friendlier than Bauer; he shook hands with each of us, asked each one as to his profession, when he came to me, he said with a slight bow, that he already knew … We are now, in all secrecy, given our food gratis, and in all secrecy, potatoes, which Mobius himself has fetched from the country. **p275
- 1945, January 18, Thursday morning – Everything is kept secret, for everything one is dependent on rumors, on what is passed on by word of mouth, on what cannot be controlled. What is certain today is that this time Dresden was hit much more badly, in many more places than in the earlier raids. Thiemig & Mobius in Jagdweg, close by the railway line, got shrapnel on the third floor (where I cut cardboard); the house opposite was destroyed—28 dead […]. Eisenmann pere talks of around 1,000 victims; how he arrives at this figure, I do not know. **p391
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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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