According to Kafka’s letters to his fiancée Felice Bauer, his fifth floor room in U Zlaté štiky (“at the golden pike”) was very noisy due to the elevator. Not far from there, in Dlouhá 16, is another place where Kafka rented a room. A number of other literates studied there, including Gustav Meyrink, author of the novel The Golem. At Masná 8 you can see the former German Business Academy where he attended an evening course on worker’s insurance.

In Masná 18 you can pass by his elementary school, where he worried over his grades. Kafka studied there from 1901 to ’06, when he graduated in law. Ovocný trh 3-5 is the main building of Charles University. Near Old Town Square you can find more landmarks. He tried his first literary experiments in his second floor apartment. Kafka lived there from September 1896 until summer 1907. Nearby at Celetná 2, you will see Sixtův dům where Kafka’s family lived for less than a year.Īt Celetná 3 is U Tří králů (“at the Three Kings”). The adjacent house at number 16 used to be the location of Richard Löwy’s legal practice, where Kafka had one of his first jobs. The house belonged to the Fanta family, and Kafka took part to their philosophic gatherings in 1904–05. You can see a commemorative plaque on the inside wall.Īt Old Town Square 17 you can see the house Zum Weißen Einhorn (“at the white unicorn”). From 1912 to ’18 his father had a haberdashery shop at the ground floor. 10, 1893, a 10-year-old Kafka went there for his first day of German grammar school. The 18th-century Rococo-style Kinský Palace at Old Town Square 12 is now part of the National Gallery. The house was severely damaged in 1945: when it was restored the following year, the top floor wasn’t rebuilt. From November 1913, Kafka’s family lived in the top floor. The palace on the corner of Pařížská Street and the square, currently home to a CzechTourism info point, is Oppeltův dům. This was the birthplace of Kafka’s three sisters: Elli, Valli and Ottla. He lived at dům U minuty, a late Gothic house with Renaissance frescoes, from June 1889 to September 1896. Old Town Square was a focal point in Kafka’s life. The house, now known as Kafkův dům, has a small exhibition about the writer and hosts exhibits. In 1897 the house was damaged by a fire, and the entry way is the only original part. Franz was born July 3, 1883, to Hermann and Julie Kafka. The house was at the edge of the Jewish ghetto. The place to start is Kafka’s birthplace at náměstí Franze Kafky 3. It is not difficult to find the places where the author lived and worked: you just need to know where to look. Writer Franz Kafka lived almost his entire life in Prague, and the city often made an appearances in his stories and novels. As if here begins and ends the entire episode of suffering and difficult struggle of this helpless period.The famous writer moved around and changed jobs a lot during his brief life The question of teacher salaries has become the central and burning issue. There is the impression that the teachers have fallen into the worst situation of all the workers in the Yishuv and they are the only ones who are suffering and deprived of wages. There is no end to the threats of strike or protests and deafening reminders flying from all around.

The teachers took nine measures and eight of these measures were taken by the teachers of Jerusalem. It’s not clear whether he copied the text from somewhere or wrote it himself: “…from the heavy and deep sighs that arise from the economic pressure that Zionism and the workers of the Land of Israel are under.

In the latest notebook to reach the national library, Kafka documented a teacher’s strike in pre-State Israel in 1922, presumably because it interested him. But in the meantime, letter will already come and everything will be good.” I am also very sorry that you also have to suffer so, dear poor Puah. It’s a wonder no one turns into ashes when that is the reality. How many times in my life have I burned with such fear. But I understand well the fear that you have in waiting for an important letter that is wandering around all the time. And Hugo’s wife, with whom I spoke today, also hasn’t received a letter from her husband from Jerusalem. I thought it was already settled that you would stay in Europe (don’t laugh) another year and a half, and that’s also no longer settled? And now of all times, they will decide this question? By the way, you can’t possibly have already received your parents’ letter, in which you will find the results of the conversation with Hugo with your parents. “I don’t at all understand your concerns about some kind of opposition from your parents to your studies. Kafka responded in somewhat broken Hebrew and tried to calm her.

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