Schweyk in the Second World War
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Schweyk in the Second World War is a satirical anti-fascist play by Bertolt Brecht that follows the cunning everyman Schweik as he navigates life under Nazi rule.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Schweik | 1 |
| Schweyk in the Second World War canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1348017 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Schweyk in the Second World War Context triple: [Bertolt Brecht, notableWork, Schweyk in the Second World War]
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A.
Drôle de guerre
Drôle de guerre is the term for the early phase of World War II on the Western Front marked by little active fighting despite the formal state of war between the Allies and Germany.
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B.
Jagdverband 44
Jagdverband 44 was an elite late-World War II German Luftwaffe fighter unit best known for operating Me 262 jet fighters in defense of the Reich.
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C.
Voices from the Third Reich
Voices from the Third Reich is a historical work that presents firsthand accounts and perspectives of individuals who lived under Nazi rule in Germany.
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D.
Inside the Third Reich
Inside the Third Reich is the memoir of Albert Speer, offering an insider’s account of Nazi Germany’s leadership, operations, and ideology from the perspective of Hitler’s former armaments minister.
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E.
Mémoires de guerre
Mémoires de guerre is Charles de Gaulle’s famous three-volume autobiographical account of his role in World War II and the Free French movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Schweyk in the Second World War Target entity description: Schweyk in the Second World War is a satirical anti-fascist play by Bertolt Brecht that follows the cunning everyman Schweik as he navigates life under Nazi rule.
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A.
Drôle de guerre
Drôle de guerre is the term for the early phase of World War II on the Western Front marked by little active fighting despite the formal state of war between the Allies and Germany.
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B.
Jagdverband 44
Jagdverband 44 was an elite late-World War II German Luftwaffe fighter unit best known for operating Me 262 jet fighters in defense of the Reich.
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C.
Voices from the Third Reich
Voices from the Third Reich is a historical work that presents firsthand accounts and perspectives of individuals who lived under Nazi rule in Germany.
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D.
Inside the Third Reich
Inside the Third Reich is the memoir of Albert Speer, offering an insider’s account of Nazi Germany’s leadership, operations, and ideology from the perspective of Hitler’s former armaments minister.
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E.
Mémoires de guerre
Mémoires de guerre is Charles de Gaulle’s famous three-volume autobiographical account of his role in World War II and the Free French movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anti-fascist play
ⓘ
satirical play ⓘ stage work ⓘ theatrical play ⓘ |
| author | Bertolt Brecht ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Good Soldier Švejk ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Jaroslav Hašek ⓘ |
| characterTypeOfProtagonist | cunning everyman ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| creator | Bertolt Brecht ⓘ |
| depicts | life under Nazi rule ⓘ |
| dramaticForm |
epic drama
ⓘ
political drama ⓘ |
| genre |
epic theatre
ⓘ
political theatre ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
Brechtian theatre
ⓘ
didactic theatre ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
World War II
ⓘ
authoritarianism ⓘ fascism ⓘ resistance ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter |
Schweik
ⓘ
linked to:
Schweyk in the Second World War
|
| intendedEffect | political critique of fascism ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernist theatre ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Schweik
ⓘ
linked to:
The Good Soldier Švejk
|
| medium | theatre ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | Nazi-occupied Europe ⓘ |
| partOf | Bertolt Brecht's theatrical oeuvre ⓘ |
| politicalPosition |
anti-Nazi
ⓘ
anti-militarist ⓘ |
| portrays | ordinary people under dictatorship ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
Second World War
ⓘ
linked to:
World War II
|
| theme |
anti-fascism
ⓘ
bureaucratic absurdity ⓘ everyman hero ⓘ resistance to Nazism ⓘ war and oppression ⓘ |
| usesDevice |
alienation effect
ⓘ
irony ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| workPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Schweyk in the Second World War Description of subject: Schweyk in the Second World War is a satirical anti-fascist play by Bertolt Brecht that follows the cunning everyman Schweik as he navigates life under Nazi rule.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Schweyk in the Second World War