6/2/2023 0 Comments The book ferdinand![]() ![]() This copy is spiral-bound, hand-colored, and hand-written. The earliest copy is a 1937 English edition but perhaps the most fascinating copy is a German manuscript version probably created in 1938 to subvert the Nazi ban, Die Geschichte vom Ferdinand. ![]() ![]() The Cotsen Children’s Library holds six copies of The Story of Ferdinand, two in English, two in German, one in Latin, and one in Polish. In Nazi Germany, Hitler demanded the book be burned, but when World War II ended, 30,000 copies of the printed book were distributed throughout the Germany. Fascists in both Spain and Germany interpreted the book as pro-pacifist critique of fascism leading to it’s bans in both countries. The Roosevelts loved it, but Hitler considered it “degenerate democratic propaganda.” While it reached number one on the best-seller list in the United States within a year of its publication and inspired a Disney short film, critics of the book called it subversive and viewed it as propaganda. Published in 1936, Ferdinand, gained both acclaim and condemnation from prominent world leaders. What I didn’t know about The Story of Ferdinand until a couple of weeks ago was that Ferdinand was once a banned book. A color version of the book’s depiction of the men from Madrid who came to find the fiercest bull for the bullfight. Leaf, Munro, Die Geschichte Vom Ferdinand, 1938. ![]()
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