Re: [Cz-L] Re: czernowitz-l digest: June 17, 2013

The Hungarian book is" The Paul street boys" by Ferenc Molnar-
maybe the most famous children book ever.
Hardy

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From: "andy halmay" <andy_venivici_at_yahoo.com>
To: "Czernowitz Genealogy and History" <czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 4:12 PM
Subject: [Cz-L] Re: czernowitz-l digest: June 17, 2013

Helene and Hardy - the subject of books brings a lot of memories. I was
never exposed to the children's stories of the English speaking world and
married a Canadian who loved Winnie the Pooh, Alice in Wonderland, etc.,
which struck me as ridiculous. On top of the German literature, I was
exposed to Hungarian and Italian literature (translated into German) - there
was a wonderful Hungarian story titled "The Boys of (something or other)
Street" and then the Italian story, "Cuore." Does anyone recall any Romanian
books? Was there Romanian literature for children? Or literature of any
kind? The interesting thing about Max und Moritz is that the English
speaking world would never have allowed children to be exposed to the ending
in which the boys fall into a milling machine and come out as nuggets which
are eaten by geese or ducks. Or Der Struwwelpeter. I think it gave us
perspective in a sense to distinguish reality from fiction and let us
 develop a sense of humor. Also, irony - Hans im Glück. Karl May was an
incredible man. He had never visited America from what I recall but really
developed as Europe's Zane Grey. His influence was enormous. Among his
deeply devoted fans was Einstein and Hitler. He influenced German culture
perhaps more dramatically than all more serious writers. They have had a
love affair with North American Indians ever since. I know a full blooded
Indian lady who visited Germany and they had her sleep in a Tee Pee in an
Indian theme park of sorts. She said, "I hadn't done that since leaving the
reservation."
Max & Moritz may really have provided the genesis of the comic book. In the
U.S. there was a knockoff titled "The Katzenjammer Kids" that ran in many
papers for years.

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