Frau Grubach
Frau Grubach is Josef’s landlady.
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Spoiler-freeFrau Grubach is Josef’s landlady. She respects his position and tries to reassure him after the arrest, but her gossip about Fräulein Bürstner angers him. She represents the ordinary social world that continues around the case and is gradually contaminated by it. She remains at the boardinghouse when Josef is taken away.
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