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At the end of the book, Lohmann re-enters Raat's life. Lohmann offers to pay all of Rosa's debts, but the jealous Raat tries to strangle Lohmann and makes off with Lohmanns' wallet. As he runs through the streets of the town, he is mocked and derided.

The book was a bitter arraignment of society at the time it was published in 1905. Heinrich Mann wrote novels with strong social themes. His attacks on the authoritarian and increasingly militaristic nature of pre-World War II German society led to his exile in 1933. The Nazis burnt most of Heinrich Mann's books as being ‘contrary to the German spirit’ during the infamous book burnings of May 1933. “Professor Unrat” survived this purge as it was already deemed a classic, thanks in large part to the popularity of the film “The Blue Angel”.