Name That List, #9

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Petition of the Toy Producers’ Association in Katharina, Erzgebirge
Criminal Charge against Josef Renelt for the Illegal Withholding of Insurance Fees
Jubilee Report: Twenty-Five Years of the Workmen’s Accident Insurance Institute
Measures for Preventing Accidents from Wood-Planing Machines
Risk Classification and Accident Prevention in Wartime
A Public Psychiatric Hospital for German-Bohemia
Help Disabled Veterans! An Urgent Appeal to the Public

Answer: “Titles of briefs written by Franz Kafka for the Workmen’s Accident Insurance Institute for the Kingdom of Bohemia, in Prague, where he was employed as a lawyer for fourteen years.”

Source: Harper’s Magazine, November 2008. Also, Kafka's legal writings have recently been collected together in Franz Kafka: The Office Writings.

List submitted by Jenny Beatty. Thanks, Jenny!

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Posted By: Alex - Fri Dec 12, 2008
Category: Name That List

Comments

No wonder Kafka was so strange, he worked as an insurance lawyer! I still think The Metamorphosis was a great story.

Posted by Matt in Florida on 12/12/08 at 10:19 AM

The Penal Colony was swell as well.

Posted by kingmonkey in Athens, Ontario on 12/12/08 at 11:14 AM

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