Israel National Library unveils reclaimed Franz Kafka archive
by AFP from World news | The Guardian on (#4MSZF)
Papers and manuscripts were salvaged by author's friend Max Brod
Israel's National Library has unveiled a missing batch of Franz Kafka's papers, ending more than a decade of legal wrangling between Israel and Germany over his legacy.
As he battled with tuberculosis in an Austrian sanatorium, Kafka, a German-speaking Jew from Prague, asked his close friend Max Brod to destroy all his letters and writings.
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