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A character in In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka

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You are a foreigner, keep quiet.

Du bist ein Fremder, sei still.

— The Traveler (narration of his thoughts) · Franz Kafka, In the Penal Colony (1919); English translation by The Paris Atlas
This was not torture of the kind the officer had wanted. This was plain murder.

das war ja keine Folter, wie sie der Offizier erreichen wollte, das war unmittelbarer Mord.

— Narration, from the traveler's point of view · Franz Kafka, In the Penal Colony (1919); English translation by The Paris Atlas

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