The World of Yesterday
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The World of Yesterday is Stefan Zweig’s acclaimed memoir that poignantly chronicles the lost world of pre–World War II European culture and the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian milieu in which he lived.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The World of Yesterday canonical | 6 |
| Die Welt von Gestern | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10248589 — 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: The World of Yesterday Context triple: [writings of Stefan Zweig, notableWork, The World of Yesterday]
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A.
The Turning Point (Klaus Mann memoir)
The Turning Point is the autobiographical memoir of German writer Klaus Mann, chronicling his life as an exiled anti-fascist author and his reflections on the political and cultural upheavals of the early 20th century.
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B.
Leopoldstadt
Leopoldstadt is Vienna’s second municipal district, known for encompassing the Prater park and its historic Jewish quarter.
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C.
Über das Gedächtnis
Über das Gedächtnis is Hermann Ebbinghaus’s pioneering 1885 work that introduced experimental methods to the study of human memory, including the famous forgetting curve and learning curve.
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D.
Joseph Anton: A Memoir
Joseph Anton: A Memoir is Salman Rushdie’s autobiographical account of his life under the fatwa, detailing his years in hiding, the impact on his personal and creative life, and his reflections on freedom of expression.
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E.
Unpolitische Erinnerungen
Unpolitische Erinnerungen is a memoir by German anarchist writer Erich Mühsam, reflecting on his life and experiences outside of formal political discourse.
- 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: The World of Yesterday Target entity description: The World of Yesterday is Stefan Zweig’s acclaimed memoir that poignantly chronicles the lost world of pre–World War II European culture and the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian milieu in which he lived.
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A.
The Turning Point (Klaus Mann memoir)
The Turning Point is the autobiographical memoir of German writer Klaus Mann, chronicling his life as an exiled anti-fascist author and his reflections on the political and cultural upheavals of the early 20th century.
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B.
Leopoldstadt
Leopoldstadt is Vienna’s second municipal district, known for encompassing the Prater park and its historic Jewish quarter.
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C.
Über das Gedächtnis
Über das Gedächtnis is Hermann Ebbinghaus’s pioneering 1885 work that introduced experimental methods to the study of human memory, including the famous forgetting curve and learning curve.
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D.
Joseph Anton: A Memoir
Joseph Anton: A Memoir is Salman Rushdie’s autobiographical account of his life under the fatwa, detailing his years in hiding, the impact on his personal and creative life, and his reflections on freedom of expression.
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E.
Unpolitische Erinnerungen
Unpolitische Erinnerungen is a memoir by German anarchist writer Erich Mühsam, reflecting on his life and experiences outside of formal political discourse.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | memoir ⓘ |
| author | Stefan Zweig ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Austrian ⓘ |
| authorOccupation |
biographer
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essayist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| completedIn | 1942 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Austria ⓘ |
| describes |
European intellectual circles before World War I
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the impact of World War I on European society ⓘ the persecution of Jews in Europe ⓘ the rise of Nazism ⓘ |
| firstGermanPublicationYear | 1944 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedInLanguage | Swedish ⓘ |
| firstSwedishPublicationYear | 1942 ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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memoir ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
cultural memory
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decline of liberal Europe ⓘ exile and displacement ⓘ humanism ⓘ loss of a cosmopolitan world ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Austrian literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Austro-Hungarian Empire
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European culture ⓘ Jewish identity ⓘ World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ exile ⓘ intellectual history ⓘ |
| notableFor |
account of the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
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depiction of pre–World War I European cosmopolitan culture ⓘ insight into the life of a European Jewish intellectual ⓘ reflection on the rise of nationalism and totalitarianism in Europe ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Die Welt von Gestern
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linked to:
The World of Yesterday
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| publicationStatus | posthumous ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Beware of Pity
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Chess Story ⓘ |
| setting |
Austro-Hungarian Empire
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Europe ⓘ Vienna ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
early 20th century
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interwar period ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ |
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Referenced by (7)
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linked to: The World of Yesterday