An exhibition depicting the life and personal background of Franz Kafka, the Czech-Jewish writer who died in Vienna in 1924, is currently being shown at the Academy of Arts here, attracting large attention.
Arranged by Dr. Klaus Wagenbach, a Berlin publisher and literary authority, with the aid of Kafka’s heirs, the exhibit includes some 500 items, many shown for the first time. Among the items are the original hand-written manuscript of Kafka’s novel, “The Castle,” photographs of sites in Prague significant in the life of the author and pictures of his family.
The documents showed that Kafka’s family spoke German at home as was the custom in the Jewish community of Prague. Kafka’s three sisters were killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz during the Second World War.
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