He therefore bought a blank notebook, wrote ten cautionary stories (stories that teach a lesson), and illustrated the work himself. He wanted to give his three-year-old son Karl a Christmas present in 1844 but could not find a book that he liked. He apparently taught himself and increased his knowledge through a patient, thoughtful approach, which made him successful in his work. When an opening for a physician at the Frankfurt psychiatric hospital was announced, he took the job despite having no particular experience in the field. Heinrich Hoffmann (1809-1894) was a general practitioner in Frankfurt. “Give me a child and I’ll shape him into anything.”ĭr. Heinrich Hoffmann: The Struwwelpeter Frankfurt am Main: Literary Institute Rütten & Loening, 1917 (400th edition) Copy of the Braunschweig University Library Call number: 2007-0968. Heinrich Hoffmann and Der Struwwelpeter November 12, 2021
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