Das Kapital order, was held by Marx and Engels to—as a result of various contradictions in the capitalist mode of production—result in crises whose resolution necessitates the emergence of an entirely new mode of production as the culmination of the same historical dialectic that led to the emergence of capitalism from prior forms. The purpose of "Das Kapital" (1867) was a scientific foundation for the politics of the modern labour movement. The analyses were meant "to bring a science, by criticism, to the point where it can be dialectically represented" and so "reveal the law of motion of modern society" to describe
Thomas Kuczynski of his study of compensation claims for forced labour victims of the Nazi years (""Entschädigungsansprüche für Zwangsarbeit im ‚Dritten Reich‘ auf der Basis der damals erzielten zusätzlichen Einnahmen und Gewinne""). Kuczynski concluded that the German Federal Republic should pay victims of forced labour under Nazi Germany approximately 180 Billion Deutsche Marks. Later, in his book ""Brosamen vom Herrentisch"", he increased his estimate to 228 Billion Deutsche Marks (equivalent to €116 Billion). In 2007 Kuczynski took part in the theatre project, "Karl Marx: Das Kapital - Erster Band" (""Karl Marx: Das Kapital - First volume""), a show presenting a range of