01752cam a22003253u 4500 25791 UtSlPG 20260610133606.0 m cr n 260607r2008||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG de iso639-1 PT Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 In der Strafkolonie Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2008 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Penal_Colony Wikipedia page about this book: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_der_Strafkolonie Release date is 2008-06-14 Produced by Jana Srna and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "In der Strafkolonie" by Franz Kafka is a story written in October 1914 and published in 1919. A traveling researcher visits a remote penal colony where he witnesses an elaborate execution machine designed by the former commandant. The apparatus tortures condemned prisoners for hours by inscribing their violated commandment into their flesh. As the officer demonstrates this brutal justice system, he seeks the researcher's support to preserve it against growing opposition. The demonstration takes an unexpected turn that leads to the researcher's hasty departure from the island. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Short stories Torture -- Fiction https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25791 66792 66792