To Those Born Later

E616226

"To Those Born Later" is a reflective poem by Bertolt Brecht that addresses future generations about the moral and political struggles of living under oppression and injustice.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
To Those Born Later canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work
poem
addressedTo people living after the poet's time
addressee future generations
associatedWith anti-fascist literature
exile literature
author Bertolt Brecht NERFINISHED
circaDate 1930s
countryOfOrigin Germany
creator Bertolt Brecht NERFINISHED
form lyric poem
genre didactic poetry
poetry
political poetry
hasTranslation To Those Who Come After NERFINISHED
To Those Who Follow in Our Wake NERFINISHED
influencedBy experiences of political persecution
rise of fascism in Europe
language German
literaryDevice collective voice
direct address
irony
self-critique
literaryMovement epic theatre context
literaryPeriod 20th-century literature
narrativeVoice collective voice of those living under oppression
originalLanguageTitle An die Nachgeborenen NERFINISHED
partOf Bertolt Brecht's political writings
perspective first-person plural
style didactic
politically engaged
reflective
subjectMatter ethical dilemmas in times of tyranny
living and acting under oppressive conditions
theme guilt and complicity
injustice
life under dictatorship
moral struggle
oppression
political struggle
responsibility to future generations
war and violence
topic historical responsibility
human suffering under totalitarianism
political resistance
social injustice
writer Bertolt Brecht NERFINISHED

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Svendborg Poems hasPart To Those Born Later