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In reality, Ossegg did not exist and the details of the story were fabricated by Traxler. Vanessa Joosen has called the book a "fictive nonfictional text," which "carries the features of a nonfictional text but consciously misleads the reader."
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which purports to tell the story of how teacher Georg Ossegg uncovered archeological evidence of the "real" Hansel and Gretel in 1962.
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In the 1980s, in another area neighboring the Spessart Forest, German pharmacist Karlheinz Bartels published a joking theory that
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Despite its fictional nature, the hoax convinced many in Germany at the time, and continues to have some traction.
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https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/die-angebliche-hexe-war-eine-baeckerin.950.de.html?dram:article_id=135436
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Behind the classic Christmas-season fairy tale is a gruesome true story of entrepreneurial greed
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https://www.filmdienst.de/film/details/1211/ossegg-oder-die-wahrheit-uber-hansel-und-gretel
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named Hans Metzler and his sister Grete. Hans and Grete Metzler lived in a village in the
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released the episode "The Truth About Hansel and Gretel" of his podcast
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The Brothers Grimm: From Enchanted Forests to the Modern World
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Maria Sophia Margarethe Catharina, Baroness von und zu Erthal
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According to the book, Ossegg determined that the fairytale,
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Lane, Rebecca. Silver Petticoat Review. October 29, 2014
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Book written by German caricaturist Hans Traxler in 1963
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loosely based on the novel, was released in Germany.
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German
German
caricaturist
Hans Traxler
satire
Hansel and Gretel
baker
Spessart Forest
Thirty Years War
gingerbread
Snow White
Maria Sophia Margarethe Catharina, Baroness von und zu Erthal
Tim Harford


The Reception of Grimms' Fairy Tales
ISBN
0814322085


"HÄNSEL UND GRETEL: Mit falschem Bart"
The Brothers Grimm: From Enchanted Forests to the Modern World


Critical and Creative Perspectives on Fairy Tales
ISBN
978-0814334522

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