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The Decision

1930 play by Bertolt Brecht
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Summary

The Decision is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (426 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Bertolt Brecht[3]
  • Genre: Lehrstücke[4]
  • Language of work or name: German[5]
  • Inception: 1930[6]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1930[7], 1931[8]
  • Title: Die Maßnahme[9], La medida[10], Decyzja[11], The decision[12], La décision[13], La linea di condotta[14]
  • Location of first performance: Berlin[15]
  • Derivative work: The decision[16]
  • Form of creative work: play[17]

Why It Matters

The Decision is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Bertolt Brecht Hanns Eisler

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1930-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → literary work
    Form of creative work → play
    Language of work or name → German
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Bookbrainz work id: 51e8f400-86f2-466f-aa00-2fb648b4da83, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290269|batch #290269]]"
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