DescriptionHerbert Rikli (1880-1939) - Hurra! Ein Kriegs-Bilderbuch - Stuttgart Loewes Verlag 1915 - WW1 German war propaganda 23.jpg
Deutsch: Dieses kriegsverherrlichende Kinderbuch datiert von 1915
• Autor:
Max Herbert Rikli (1880-1939)
• Titel: 'Hurra! Ein Kriegs-Bilderbuch
Verlag: Stuttgart Loewes Verlag
Erschienen: 1915
Sprache: Deutsch
Erste Weltkrieg; Kriegspropaganda.
English: Hurra! Ein Kriegs-Bilderbuch ('Hooray! A war picture book')
A children's picture book with text and colour illustrations by illustrator
(Max) Herbert Rikli (1880-1939), published in Stuttgart, Germany 1915. Text in German and Fraktur typeface.
The book represents the German side in the patriotic nationalist war
propaganda of World War I, "The Great War" 1914 – 1918 between the Central Powers (mainly Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire) and the Allied Powers (mainly Russia, France and the British Empire).
In the story it's Christmas and the little German boy Willi goes to bed. Inspired by the talk about the war, a picture book on animals and his toy soldiers, the boy dreams of being a brave German soldier himself. In his dreams little Willi (kleine Willi), accompanied by his dog Bussi, is defeating and killing his French, Russian, Serbian and English enemies, depicted as small soldiers often helped by animals.
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