Victor Klemperer notes his "fear for our little house" in is September 14, 1939 entry. Or, for February 11, 1940, "it is still uncertain whether we shall be allowed to keep the house beyond April 1. They may close their eyes until June 1. And then?" And, "Situation ever more dismal. The house compulsorily rented out from June 1, to Berger, who will set up shop in our music room, our own home still unsettled. Meeting with the emigration adviser of the Jewish Community, result less than zero: You really must get out; we see no possibility"
[April 10, 1940; my father secured emigration visa for his daughter and himself
on April 1.]
And despite the protection of a Christian wife, the burdens that fall on Klemperer, a distinguished academic, become increasingly brutal:
* "... terrible things from Frankfurt....All the male teachers from the Philanthropin were sent to Buchenwald.) (New Year's Day, 1939)
* "The new tax law places a heavy burden on Jews. I can simply pay that out of our reserves... but once these reserves are finished...But all ifs and thinking about the future are pointless now." (May 3, 1939)
* "The Jewish Community in Dresden inquires whether I want to join it since it represents the National Association of Jews locally; the Confessing Christians inquire whether I shall remain with them. I replied to [Pastor] Gruber that I was and will remain a Protestant, I would not reply to the Jewish Community at all" (September 3, 1939)
Local authorities had apparently considerable leeway in interpreting Berlin's directions, so what happened in Dresden did not directly translate into what was going on in Frankfurt. That said, there's no reason to think that the enforcement of Nazi edicts was less brutal in Frankfurt; in fact, quite the opposite.
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