A judge at Tel Aviv District Family Court on Tuesday rejected a request for a gag order on the contents of a box containing manuscripts written by Franz Kafka.
By Ofer Aderet Wed, July 21, 2010 - Haaretz.com
Photo above - Franz Kafka in-1905 - Getty Images - Hulton Archive
BERLIN - A judge at Tel Aviv District Family Court on Tuesday rejected a request for a gag order on the contents of a box containing manuscripts written by Franz Kafka. Eva Hoffe, the Israeli woman who inherited the documents, was asked to pay court costs to the National Library and attorney Ehud Sol, the manager of the estate of Kafka's close friend Max Brod.
Judge Talia Pardo also instructed attorneys Tuesday to prepare a detailed list of the items in the safe deposit boxes to be published, which include all documents except the personal items of Esther Hoffe, Eva's mother, who served as Brod's secretary. Details on the other items - manuscripts by Kafka, Brod and others - will all ultimately be published.
Haaretz and the National Library appealed separately against the effort to prevent the publication of the contents of the safe deposit boxes.
David Bloomberg, chairman of the National Library, said yesterday that the library will continue its legal struggle to publish the manuscripts.
"The library does not intend to give up on cultural assets belonging to the Jewish people," he said. "Because it is not a commercial institution and the items kept there are accessible to all without cost, the library will continue its efforts to gain transfer of the manuscripts that have been found."
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