»Verlogenheit und Barbarei«

In May 1940, 51-year-old Anna Haag begins to keep a brutally honest and regime-critical diary, which she hides in the coal cellar for years. She listens closely to those around her—in the tram, during visits to government offices, or in shops. In pointed sketches, she records what ordinary Germans already knew about the extermination of the Jews and the crimes of the Nazi regime during World War II. She narrates with irony and clarity about hoarding trips in the Stuttgart area, about forbidden meetings to listen to the BBC, or about verbal sparring with her favorite opponent, the regime-loyal pharmacist. This edited selection of texts, focused on everyday life in the dictatorship, is particularly suitable for school lessons.

"An extraordinarily impressive, breathtaking document."
Götz Aly, Berliner Zeitung

"What a celebration of civil courage!"
Deutschlandfunk Kultur.