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oa ‘Wij hebben den Führer gezien’
Hitlerboeken voor de Nederlandse jeugd tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog
- Amsterdam University Press
- Source: Jaarboek voor Nederlandse Boekgeschiedenis, Volume 31, Issue 2024, sep. 2024, p. 130 - 153
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- 01 sep. 2024
Samenvatting
Between 1940 and 1945, three originally German children’s books about Adolf Hitler circulated in translation in the Netherlands at the behest of the Nazi regime: Moeder, vertel eens wat van Adolf Hitler! (Mother, tell us something about Adolf Hitler!) in 1942 by Johanna Haarer, De Führer (The Führer) in 1943 by Erich Beier-Lindhardt and Wij hebben den Führer gezien (We have seen the Führer) in 1944 by Wilhelm Dissmann. The intention behind this was to instigate a similar Führer cult as in Nazi Germany and to indoctrinate the Dutch youth with the national socialist ideology. This article focuses on how these books functioned in the Netherlands during the German occupation. It analyses how these works were produced, distributed and received, as well as how the Nazi ideology was transmitted to young readers.