LTI – Lingua Tertii Imperii
by Victor Klemperer. Reading on the Language of National Socialism
Staatsschauspiel Dresden
Theaterstraße 2
01067 Dresden
Victor Klemperer, the great German Romance scholar who taught and lived in Dresden for many years, analyzed and documented the language of the National Socialists during the Nazi Party's rule. Victor Klemperer himself explained the title of his written studies: "LTI: Lingua Tertii Imperii, Language of the Third Reich. Initially as a parody, then as a fleeting expedient for remembering, as a kind of knot in a handkerchief, and very soon, and now for all these years of misery, as a kind of self-defense, as an SOS call addressed to myself, the symbol LTI appears in my diary."
To the reading
Even today, we witness every day how words become weapons and how some use them to deepen the divisions in our society. Language is power – and Klemperer's analysis of the Third Reich, in which he exposes and names its manipulations, is a personal and scholarly unique document, the reading of which can open our eyes anew each time.
Excerpts from Klemperer's diary entries from the years 1933 to 1945 will be read by ensemble members of the Dresden State Theater, Karina Plachetka, Jakob Fließ, and Oliver Simon.
Reading duration: approximately 1 hour.
No intermission.
Organization: Julia Weinreich, Jörg Bochow
With: Karina Plachetka, Jakob Fließ, Oliver Simon
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About the organiser
The Staatsschauspiel Dresden is one of the most renowned theatres in the German-speaking world and stands for productions of great aesthetic diversity. Each season, around 25 premieres are staged in both venues, the Schauspielhaus in the Old Town and the Kleines Haus in Dresden's Neustadt district, many of which are world premieres and commissioned works by contemporary authors.