Samuel Beckett traveled through Nazi Germany from October 1936 to April 1937. His notebooks document how he observed everyday life, language, and society under the Nazi regime.

Edited by Oliver Lubrich (University of Bern) and Mark Nixon (University of Reading), this landmark edition makes the remarkable historical and literary document available in full for the first time, with the original English text, a German translation, and scholarly annotations.

It offers fresh insights into Beckett’s work while showing why his observations remain strikingly relevant today.

The edition exemplifies the international collaboration and societal relevance of humanities research at the University of Bern.