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my posts keep getting flagged for some reason...i hope it soon gets solved :^(

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i've seen that artwork in bielefeld last year!

Otto Dix

self-portrait with Muse

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memorial to the hildesheim synagogue

on my visit to hildesheim, i've came across this art-piece, which pays tribute to the synagogue, that once stood on this ground & was destroyed in the reichspogromnacht of the 9th november in 1938. created in 1988, it depicts both biblical imagery, as well as painful memories of the shoah. read more here.

this was the synagogue, before it was burned down.

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me and any uni-paper

— March 23, 1915 / Franz Kafka diaries

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franz kafka does his work lying on bed like schoolgirl - animated adaptation of that one meme that circulated the internet... / september 2024.

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my kafka-collage so far

collage with my art of franz kafka 🪳 (2022-2024)

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happy heavenly birthday dora 🤍

dora dymant (1898-1952)

dora, born in pabianice (poland) on the 4th of march 1898, is known for being franz kafka's last lover. they met in 1923 at the baltic-sea, where dora worked in a summer-camp for children, and where kafka had his vacation.

soon after they moved together to berlin. kafka finally left behind both his family, as well as prague. it was his break-out. however his health-condition worsened and he died in her arms on the 3rd of june 1924.

but dora's life didn't end here: she worked as an actress in the theatre and joined the communist party of germany (kpd). in 1933 the gestapo raided her home and has stolen multiple belongings, including some of kafka's remaining notes and letters. to this day, they are lost. meanwhile, she got married and gave birth to her daughter: franziska marianne lask.

in 1936, dora escaped germany, first to the soviet union, afterwards to britain, where she was imprisoned for a year, interned as an "enemy alien".

after the war she stayed in london, lecturing yiddish stories and writing essays. she died there of kidney-failure on the 15th august 1952. she is remembered by her family:

"who knows dora, knows what love means."

more photos of dora

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franz kafka & margarete kirchner, daughter of the janitor at goethe's residence.

kafka & max brod visited the deceased author's home in the summer of 1912, read more.

franz had a crush on margarete, hence he visited the residence often and she made it possible the two visitors could look into the home offside of the opening-times.

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peter lorre cameo in "duckman"

from the episode "noir gang" (season 3 episode 1, 1996)

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updated klezmer playlist

thought to post other playlists of mine. have this klezmer (and similiar) compilation, which i listen to in a continuous loop 🎻🎵

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playlist with songs referencing franz kafka

i have made this playlist with songs, that reference franz kafka. some of them are german, with half-humorous easter-eggs about the author. others are pretty solid though! gladly leave more titles about kafka or his literary works in the notes, so i can add those to the playlist 🎻🪗

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kafka & socialism?

image by robert crumb

although no particular political participation is actually recorded, according to his manuscripts and contemporaries, certain socialist and anarchist values are evident in kafka's worldview. of course, from our contemporary point of view, it is possible to interpret too much into his works, whereas they had such a personal value. nevertheless, certain tendencies can be discerned.

e.g.: anti-authority: the recurring motif of an individual's powerlessness in an overpowering society. - almost caricature-like, kafka draws a picture of (mostly) workers who, in what is actually a questionable society with absurd laws and unknown authority, do not question them and accept their often suddenly tragic fate. thus josef k in the trial or the parable in the penal colony. the latter as a truly extreme example.

according to his close circle, kafka himself is said to have attended the lectures in "mladych klub" (youth club), which dealt with liberalism and anti-militarism. (source)

and according to another, rather old source, he also got into an anarchist demonstration (voluntarily or involuntarily) and joined in.

max brod confirmed his friend's interests in said ideologies, however.... all this is a bit absurd. brod said things about this engagement in 1930, but took them back later for some reason. (i really don't know what was going on there, but i cite: saul friedländer in his biography "franz kafka", 2012).

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hanukkah sameach to everyone celebrating!

the first image shows german-jewish soldiers celebrating hanukkah during the first world war, 1916 / the painting is by marc chagall (1931).

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if you're in search for a kafkaesque christmas carol, this short film is for you. - happy holidays for whatever you celebrate!

best regards from yours truly, who hopefully will soon return to posting 🎻

franz kafka's it's a wonderful life (1993)

a wonderful short-movie by peter capaldi, depicting franz kafka stuck in a creative crisis while writing "the metamorphosis", not being able to come up with a creature gregor samsa transforms in - due to his loud environment.

so bizarre and full of little details and references. i enjoyed it a lot. kafka's guilt, about the life and death of an insect - that he himself killed, was an interesting thing to observe.

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more pictures of ottla:

ottla kafka (1892-1943)

ottilie, nicknamed ottla, was one of franz kafka's three sisters and was closest to him in the family.

to put it in his words: "ottla literally carries me on her wings through this difficult world".

after her school education, she lived and worked on the agricultural estate in zürau, bohemia, over which she also took management. her father, hermann kafka, called this the "zürau escapade". (like her brother, she also had a permanent conflict with her father.)

ottla also temporarily housed her brother franz there, so that he could write in peace and recover from his illness.

on july 15th, 1920, against her father's will, she married the catholic czech josef david and took his last name (= ottla davidová). in the following years, ottla gave birth to their two daughters: věra (1921) and helene (1923).

nevertheless, the marriage was unhappy and she divorced in 1942, which meant that ottla lost her protection from the persecution of jewish people.

ottla was soon deported to the concentration-camp in terezín, where she worked as a caregiver in an infant home.

in early october 1943, she accompanied a transport of children to auschwitz-birkenau. immediately after their arrival, on october 7th, ottla was murdered at the age of 51.

a memorial-plaque at the kafka's family grave commemorates ottla and her sisters, who were also killed in concentration-camps.

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another update on how to (possibly) stream the kafka series with english subtitles:

channel 4: free, may need uk-vpn

prime video: costs money, may need german vpn

feel free to tell me if it worked, as i am based in germany. thought some people may still search for it.

Hi! Can I just ask how you watched the Kafka mini series? I am a huge fan of Kafka but I live in the US and the videos aren’t available to me. Do you know if it’s possible for me to watch the show? Thanks!

greetings! i am based in germany, therefore i have access to the ARD-mediathek, a streaming service for german tv-shows etc.

it should be accessible via. the website or the app:

however it can be possible, that geo-blocking prevents you from viewing it... a vpn could be helpful. however there are no english-subtitles available...

i have searched multiple times for an option to stream it in the US or other countries, including english subtitles - but i haven't found anything yet. i am so sorry, i will keep my eyes open for that! i uploaded a scene, that may cheer you up

update: russian version spotted