""One of the great testimonies of our century. . . . Klemperer's ability to grasp moods and attitudes has a truly Dickensian quality."" --Los Angeles Times ""What has been called one of the most remarkable documents to come out of the Second World War turns out to be one of the most compulsively readable books of the year."" --The San Diego Union Tribune ""For the next generation of historians, Klemperer's diaries will be required reading."" --Gordon Craig, The New York Review of Books ""To read his almost day-by-day account is a hypnotic experience; the whole, hard to put down, is a true murder mystery--from the perspective of the victim.""--Peter Gay, The New York Times Book Review