Der Struwwelpeter — Die gar traurige Geschichte mit dem Feuerzeug

The very sad story with the matches, story from the picture book “Der Struwwelpeter“ by Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann published in 1845 and intended for children age 3 to 6. Hoffmann wrote a couple of stories for his son as a christmas gift in 1844 and was persuaded by friends to publish them. The resulting book became a huge success, especially after he had published an edition with improved pictures. From today’s point of view, the cruel stories showing greatly exaggerated consequences of misbehavior are not very