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"It is time to march off to fight". Children, war, propaganda

The Eastern European collection of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek has acquired a number of rare children's books in recent years from the antiquarian book trade, which document military and war propaganda of the years 1938 to 1945 which had been directed explicitly at children.

Sergej Michalkov: Bojcy vorošilovcy. Moskva, 1938 | © BSB/ L.sel.I 5062

Sergej Michalkov: Bojcy vorošilovcy. Moskva, 1938 | © BSB/ L.sel.I 5062

To learn more about this, please read the blog post in OstBib (in German).
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