Im Krebsgang
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Im Krebsgang is a novella by German author Günter Grass that explores the lingering impact of World War II and the sinking of the refugee ship Wilhelm Gustloff through a multigenerational family narrative.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Im Krebsgang canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6827407 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Im Krebsgang Context triple: [Crabwalk, originalTitle, Im Krebsgang]
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A.
Cancer Ward
Cancer Ward is a semi-autobiographical novel by Alexander Solzhenitsyn that portrays life in a Soviet cancer hospital as an allegory for the moral and political sickness of Stalinist society.
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B.
The Angel of Death
The Angel of Death is a symbolically rich painting by Evelyn De Morgan that personifies death as a serene, winged figure, blending Pre-Raphaelite detail with spiritual and allegorical themes.
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C.
De mortalitate
De mortalitate is a Christian theological treatise by Cyprian of Carthage that reflects on death, suffering, and the hope of eternal life amid plague and persecution.
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D.
Galgenlieder
Galgenlieder is a famous collection of humorous and linguistically playful nonsense poems by German writer Christian Morgenstern.
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E.
Der Künstler
Der Künstler is a German-language work titled "The Artist," likely a literary or artistic piece centered on the life, struggles, or perspective of an artist.
- 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: Im Krebsgang Target entity description: Im Krebsgang is a novella by German author Günter Grass that explores the lingering impact of World War II and the sinking of the refugee ship Wilhelm Gustloff through a multigenerational family narrative.
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A.
Cancer Ward
Cancer Ward is a semi-autobiographical novel by Alexander Solzhenitsyn that portrays life in a Soviet cancer hospital as an allegory for the moral and political sickness of Stalinist society.
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B.
The Angel of Death
The Angel of Death is a symbolically rich painting by Evelyn De Morgan that personifies death as a serene, winged figure, blending Pre-Raphaelite detail with spiritual and allegorical themes.
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C.
De mortalitate
De mortalitate is a Christian theological treatise by Cyprian of Carthage that reflects on death, suffering, and the hope of eternal life amid plague and persecution.
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D.
Galgenlieder
Galgenlieder is a famous collection of humorous and linguistically playful nonsense poems by German writer Christian Morgenstern.
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E.
Der Künstler
Der Künstler is a German-language work titled "The Artist," likely a literary or artistic piece centered on the life, struggles, or perspective of an artist.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novella ⓘ |
| author | Günter Grass ⓘ |
| awarded |
Deutscher Bücherpreis (best fiction, 2002)
ⓘ
linked to:
Deutscher Buchpreis
|
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| EnglishTitle | Crabwalk ⓘ |
| exploresTopic |
German civilian suffering in World War II
ⓘ
neo-Nazism ⓘ politicization of historical memory ⓘ refugees and displacement ⓘ |
| focusesOnEvent | sinking of MV Wilhelm Gustloff ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
ⓘ
war literature ⓘ |
| hasCentralCharacter | Paul Pokriefke ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Konrad Pokriefke
ⓘ
Tulla Pokriefke ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-3-88243-800-6 ⓘ |
| hasMotto | “Es hört nie auf.” ⓘ |
| hasNarrator | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar German literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
collective memory
ⓘ
guilt and responsibility ⓘ lingering impact of World War II ⓘ multigenerational trauma ⓘ sinking of the refugee ship Wilhelm Gustloff ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | multigenerational family narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor | depiction of the Wilhelm Gustloff tragedy in German literature ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| originalPublisher | Steidl Verlag ⓘ |
| partOf | Günter Grass’s later works ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Germany ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Die Blechtrommel
ⓘ
Die Rättin ⓘ Hundejahre ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | World War II and its aftermath ⓘ |
| structure | nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| style | retrospective narration ⓘ |
| subject |
Nazi era
ⓘ
Wilhelm Gustloff (ship) ⓘ
linked to:
MV Wilhelm Gustloff
postwar German identity ⓘ |
| timeOfNarration | late 20th century ⓘ |
| title | Im Krebsgang ⓘ |
| translatedInto | English ⓘ |
| translatorIntoEnglish | Krishna Winston ⓘ |
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