There is also the German story of Max and Moritz, who blow up their teacher, kill animals and do bad stuff. In the end they get grinded in a mill (alive!) and eaten by chicken. As a kid you don't really think about it, but in retrospective it seems pretty fucked up😂
@@lnrd03 I think Max und Moritz is a parody of Struwwelpeter. It is certainly not a children's book, like Wilhelm Busch's picture stories as a whole. He had a rather wry and somewhat cynical sense of humor.
@@lnrd03Exactly it's not normal for a kid to get the messed up part, kids that understand the messed up part where messed up before reading these storys not by reading them.
My grandma read this to me when I was little. It didn't really scare me, it just showed me consequences of certain actions and was totally fine. Is this problematic today? I am 34 by the way.
I veto the racist theory. For that time, I think it is such amazing for someone standing up against racism. Well and the way how it goes: it's for children. You gotta find an understandable way to teach kids that discrimination is bad
We had this book at home when I was very young. I don't think it traumatized me. Heck I even failed to learn the lessons in it. I was not a model child.
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There is also the German story of Max and Moritz, who blow up their teacher, kill animals and do bad stuff. In the end they get grinded in a mill (alive!) and eaten by chicken. As a kid you don't really think about it, but in retrospective it seems pretty fucked up😂
@@lnrd03 I think Max und Moritz is a parody of Struwwelpeter. It is certainly not a children's book, like Wilhelm Busch's picture stories as a whole. He had a rather wry and somewhat cynical sense of humor.
Struwwelhitler
@@lnrd03Exactly it's not normal for a kid to get the messed up part, kids that understand the messed up part where messed up before reading these storys not by reading them.
@@Keno-x6eNot funny Struwwelpeter came out 1844 A.H. wasn't even born than.
My grandma read this to me when I was little. It didn't really scare me, it just showed me consequences of certain actions and was totally fine. Is this problematic today? I am 34 by the way.
I grew up with this book and thought of it as funny, not scary
Im twenty, also got this read to me. I loved it. Max und Moritz was also really fun
Brilliant I love every story and the illustrations are exquisite.
Really glad you enjoyed this
I read that as a young teenager...............
I'm surprised just how far this reaches
Fun fact: the author actually wrote this as a Christmas present for his son
I can’t decide if that’s wholesome or terrifying
The author was also a psychiatrist 😳🤦♀️😂
I was read these as a kid like 10 years ago
I veto the racist theory. For that time, I think it is such amazing for someone standing up against racism. Well and the way how it goes: it's for children. You gotta find an understandable way to teach kids that discrimination is bad
We had this book at home when I was very young. I don't think it traumatized me. Heck I even failed to learn the lessons in it. I was not a model child.
wait until you find out about max und moritz👀
An early and less depressing form of Beavis and Butthead.
I love this book as my German mother read it to me!
Same.
One dislike from struwwelhitler
*coughs in i made rewrites that are slightly less gory*
Augustus was a ruddy lad"
(I never heard him called Casper)
I wish I could read this to my preschool class! I fear I’d be promptly given my marching orders however…these are such humorous and clever rhymes
There are some fairly decent English language translations.
I grew up with this book
You forgot a couple of stories.