It originally formed the penultimate scene of Brecht's full-length play Man Equals Man, but by 1926 Brecht had separated it to an appendix to the published text. It was performed as part of Man Equals Man that same year.
Brecht's full-length play "Man Equals Man" initially had a penultimate scene intended to be the final act, but in 1926, he moved this scene to an appendix for the published version and staged it alongside the play itself.