Das Begräbnis (The Funeral) is a short story by German author Wolfdietrich Schnurre. It was written in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War and was first published in 1948 in the February issue of the magazine Ja. Zeitung der jungen Generation (Yes. Paper of the young generation). In 1960, Schnurre included a revised version in the prose collection Man sollte dagegen sein (One should be against it). Das Begräbnis is also significant in literary history as the first text to be read at a meeting of the writers' association Gruppe 47.