<p>A recent survey of German women revealed that 55% had read Else Ury's Nesthäkchen books. Even more had heard them read over the radio or had seen the television serialization.Germans call a spoiled child or family pet a Nesthäkchen. Else Ury's Nesthäkchen is a Berlin doctor's daughter, Annemarie Braun, a slim, golden blond, quintessential German girl. The ten book series follows Annemarie from infancy (Nesthäkchen and Her Dolls) to old age and grandchildren (Nesthäkchen with White Hair). Nesthäkchen and the World War, the fourth volume in the series, is the tale of a pre-adolescent girl growing up in Berlin at the outbreak of World War I. It presents a charming, skillful evocation of a long-vanished world, while Steven Lehrer's annotations put the story in historical context.Nesthäkchen and the World War conveys a timeless lesson, for children as well as adults, about the nature of war. Wars often begin with an outpouring of patriotic sentiment. World War I started this way, and Else Ury's description of German war-euphoria in 1914 is chilling. But when the narrative ends, in mid 1916, the war could no longer be mistaken for a noble, patriotic adventure.</p>

Nesthäkchen and the World War: First English Translation of the German Children's Classic

Teen & Young Adult

Else Ury

Historical Fiction

iUniverse

Nesthäkchen im Kinderheim (German Edition)

Literature & Fiction

Classics

Grols Verlag

Nesthäkchens Backfischzeit (German Edition)

Nesthäkchen und ihre Enkel (German Edition)

Nesthäkchen und ihre Küken (German Edition)

Nesthäkchen und ihre Puppen (German Edition)

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