Franz Kafka is considered one of the most influential writers of the 20th century, but received his great recognition only after his death.
Kafka died of tuberculosis in 1924, aged 41 years.
Before his death, he gave all his manuscripts and notes to his best friend, Max Brod, so that they could be burned.
Instead, they were published, and Kafka became the acclaimed author we know him as today.
The documents disappeared
At the end of his life, Max Brod in turn wanted to donate the documents to the National Library of Israel.
But in connection with his death in 1968, the collection disappeared.
The library began several decades of work to locate the material and at the end of 2019, the last pages were found in a bank vault in Zurich.
Now the library makes the entire collection available to the public by publishing it online.
The collection includes three drafts of Kafka's book Wedding Preparations in the Country, a notebook for practicing Hebrew and hundreds of notes, letters and drawings.
Here you can take part in the collection.