Victoriastrasse

  • 1942, April 26, Sunday afternoon – Just as much a consolation, almost, is the visit I pay to the new house trustee; the name of the company is Schrapel, that of the owner is Richter, in Victoriastrasse. I had no reason to expect anything but a bloodhound, because as such he has been imposed on me; instead I encountered a secret ally — that is how much the Party can now rely on its chosen people! That is a comfort, even if it does not help me in the end. Richter, a man in his thirties, shook my hand, carefully closed the door on the secretary next door, said Heise had been forced to resign, because he was too friendly to Jews. **p44
  • 1942, May 29, Friday morning – Yesterday at midday I went in oppressive heat (wearing my starred coat) to Victoriastrasse to see Richter, the house trustee, who had requested me to visit him. He said the new mortgage on the house in Dolzschen was almost certain (“95 percent”), but it would not be provided out of local authority funds but by a private individual in Dolzschen. He said further, that the extravagant bills which the previous trustee, the lawyer Heise, had sent Frau Voss and myself, could be contested.  **p61
  • 1942, December 11, Friday morning – Since yesterday — in the morning a card from Richter, “urgent property matter,” in the afternoon my visit to infinitely remote Victoriastrasse — upset because of the house. This time probably the final robbery, which I can no longer ward off. A double game, as Richter said. He himself was helpless, would be suspected of friendliness to Jews; I had no legal remedy. The Party had forced the present lender, a master builder by the name of Linke, to foreclose the mortgage and to warn anyone inclined to be his successor. Thus a new mortgage is out of the question; the present one expires on April 1; compulsory auction could be anticipated for May or June. **p173
Victoriastrasse 27, 1910
Credit: AltesDresden.de

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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