Did Franz Kafka Invent Letters from a Missing Doll to Comfort a Little Girl?
Origin In early 2021, Snopes readers asked us to look into the accuracy and origins of a story shared widely on social media that described a heartwarming episode in the later life of the novelist Franz Kafka. The Facebook and Twitter posts typically began as follows: At 40, Franz Kafka (1883-1924), who never married and had no children, walked through the park in Berlin when he met a girl who was crying because she had lost her favourite doll. She and Kafka searched for the doll unsuccessful...
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