Elvira Bauer. Trau Keinem Fuchs auf Grüner Heid; und Keinem Jüd bei seinem Eid! Ein Bilderbuch für Gross und Klein [“Trust No Fox in the Green Grass, nor a Jew at his Oath! A Picture Book for Young and Old.”]

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $1,200

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author

(HOLOCAUST).

printer

Stürmer-Verlag

Place

Nürnberg

Publication

1936

Description

Rhyming German Gothic text (Sütterlinschrift) in red and black, facing color plates.

summary

This infamous production issued by Gauleiter Julius Streicher, is illustrated with notorious imagery designed to inculcate children with extreme anti-Semitic values. The 18-year old female author, Elvira Bauer, was a kindergarten teacher.

pp. 44. Original linen-backed color pictorial covers, rear cover scratched. Rectangular 4to.

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