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Die letzten Tage der Menschheit
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Die letzten Tage der Menschheit

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Die letzten Tage der Menschheit (The Last Days of Mankind) is a lengthy satirical drama by Karl Kraus. Written between 1915 and 1922, it is a visionary condemnation of the futility and horrors of World War I. The work is characterized by its masterful use of language and its scathing critique of the moral corruption Kraus saw in the age, particularly in the dishonest and pretentious use of language. Kraus, an Austrian journalist and critic, founded the literary and political review Die Fackel (The Torch), through which he expressed his views. His work, though often untranslatable due to its idiomatic nature, is considered a significant contribution to German literature of the World War I era.1

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  2. Gerhart Hauptmann

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