February 1933

Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Stepping off the Cliff * The month in which the die was cast The Republic's Last Dance * Saturday, 28 January Hell Reigns * Monday, 30 January Axes at the Door * Tuesday, 31 January Inferior Foreign-Blooded Trash * Thursday, 2 February Tongue-Tied * Friday, 3 February Not Sure What to Do * Saturday, 4 February Burial in the Rain * Sunday, 5 February Meeting Routine * Monday, 6 February Hideous, Violent Little Characters * Friday, 10 February Schutzstaffel for Writers * Sunday, 12 February Men in Black * Monday, 13 February Fever and Flight * Tuesday, 14 February Slamming the Door * Wednesday, 15 February The Little Schoolteacher * Thursday, 16 February I'm Leaving. I'm Staying * Friday, 17 February No Treasure in the Silver Lake * Saturday, 18 February What's the Point of Writing? * Sunday, 19 February Pay up! * Monday, 20 February Pretty Good Cover * Tuesday, 21 February Surviving the Coming Weeks * Wednesday, 22 February A Minister in the Audience * Friday, 24 February Civil War Tribunal and Police Protection * Saturday, 25 February Travel Advice * Monday, 27 February Dictatorship Is Here * Tuesday, 28 February Fading from the World * Wednesday, 1 March The Fake Mother * Friday, 3 March Don't Open the Door! * Saturday, 4 March Casting a Ballot * Sunday, 5 March The Emigrant's Solitude * Monday, 6 March Courage, Fear, and Fire * Tuesday, 7 March Nothing but Goodbyes * Wednesday, 8 March Unexpected Attacks * Friday, 10 March Final Days * Saturday, 11 March Departures * Monday, 13 March The Sight of This Hell * Wednesday, 15 March What Happened Afterward * 33 Life Sketches Afterword Bibliography Index

Uwe Wittstock is a journalist, critic and author who lives in Germany. He was awarded the prestigious Theodor Wolff prize for journalism in 1989.