Goodbye to Berlin
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Goodbye to Berlin is a semi-autobiographical novel by Christopher Isherwood that portrays the lives of diverse characters in pre-World War II Berlin and later inspired the musical Cabaret.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Goodbye to Berlin canonical | 7 |
| The Berlin Stories | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Goodbye to Berlin Context triple: [Christopher Isherwood, notableWork, Goodbye to Berlin]
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A.
Fear and Misery of the Third Reich
Fear and Misery of the Third Reich is a series of short, politically charged play scenes by Bertolt Brecht that depict the atmosphere of fear, oppression, and everyday complicity in Nazi Germany.
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B.
The Other Germany
The Other Germany is a political and cultural critique by Erika Mann that exposes and condemns Nazi Germany while highlighting the existence of anti-fascist Germans.
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C.
Three Weeks
Three Weeks is a period of mourning in the Jewish calendar commemorating the siege and destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem.
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D.
Westwall
Westwall is the German name for the Siegfried Line, a massive system of defensive fortifications built by Nazi Germany along its western border before and during World War II.
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E.
On to Berlin
"On to Berlin" is a World War II memoir by U.S. Army General James M. Gavin recounting his experiences leading airborne forces in the European theater.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Goodbye to Berlin Target entity description: Goodbye to Berlin is a semi-autobiographical novel by Christopher Isherwood that portrays the lives of diverse characters in pre-World War II Berlin and later inspired the musical Cabaret.
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A.
Fear and Misery of the Third Reich
Fear and Misery of the Third Reich is a series of short, politically charged play scenes by Bertolt Brecht that depict the atmosphere of fear, oppression, and everyday complicity in Nazi Germany.
-
B.
The Other Germany
The Other Germany is a political and cultural critique by Erika Mann that exposes and condemns Nazi Germany while highlighting the existence of anti-fascist Germans.
-
C.
Three Weeks
Three Weeks is a period of mourning in the Jewish calendar commemorating the siege and destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem.
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D.
Westwall
Westwall is the German name for the Siegfried Line, a massive system of defensive fortifications built by Nazi Germany along its western border before and during World War II.
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E.
On to Berlin
"On to Berlin" is a World War II memoir by U.S. Army General James M. Gavin recounting his experiences leading airborne forces in the European theater.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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semi-autobiographical novel ⓘ |
| author | Christopher Isherwood ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
Jewish community in Berlin
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Weimar Republic society ⓘ bohemian subculture ⓘ working-class life in Berlin ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Fraulein Schneider
ⓘ
surface form:
Fräulein Schroeder
Herr Landauer ⓘ Natalia Landauer ⓘ Otto Nowak ⓘ Sally Bowles ⓘ |
| genre |
modernist literature
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semi-autobiographical fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Cabaret (stage production)
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surface form:
Cabaret (1972 film)
Cabaret (stage production) ⓘ
surface form:
Cabaret (musical)
I Am a Camera ⓘ
surface form:
I Am a Camera (1955 film)
I Am a Camera ⓘ
surface form:
I Am a Camera (play)
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| hasCharacterOriginFor |
Sally Bowles
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surface form:
Sally Bowles (Cabaret character)
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| hasStructure | sequence of interlinked sketches ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
antisemitism in Germany
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economic hardship in interwar period ⓘ political extremism ⓘ |
| inspiredWork |
Cabaret (stage production)
ⓘ
surface form:
Cabaret (1972 film)
Cabaret (stage production) ⓘ
surface form:
Cabaret (musical)
I Am a Camera ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
life in Weimar Berlin
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political instability ⓘ rise of Nazism ⓘ sexuality ⓘ social change ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | linked stories ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influence on stage and film musical Cabaret
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portrayal of pre-Nazi Berlin nightlife ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
Goodbye to Berlin
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Berlin Stories
|
| placeOfPublication |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| protagonist |
Christopher Isherwood
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surface form:
Christopher Isherwood (fictionalized narrator)
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| publicationYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| publisher | Hogarth Press ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Berlin ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod |
early 1930s
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pre-World War II ⓘ |
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Subject: Goodbye to Berlin Description of subject: Goodbye to Berlin is a semi-autobiographical novel by Christopher Isherwood that portrays the lives of diverse characters in pre-World War II Berlin and later inspired the musical Cabaret.
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