Franz Kafka (1883-1924) On Kafka’s death in 1924 Brod was the administrator of the estate and preserved his unpublished works from incineration despite what was stipulated in the will. He defended this course by saying that when Kafka asked him to burn his papers, he told him he would not carry out this wish; “Franz should have appointed another executor if he had been absolutely and finally determined that his instructions should stand.”
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