The Book Bambi - A Life In The Woods, by Brother Felix Salten (Salzmann), a member of Lodge Zur Wahrheit in Vienna, received almost universal acclaim not only as a children's novel, but also as a symbolic statement on certain aspects of the human condition. More commonly known simply as Bambi, the book today is considered a literary classic as is its animated adaptation by Walt Disney. Nazi Germany, however, banned the book as "political allegory on the treatment of Jews in Europe." So many copies of the book were burned there that today, first edition copies are extremely rare.
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Bambi
The Book Bambi - A Life In The Woods, by Brother Felix Salten (Salzmann), a member of Lodge Zur Wahrheit in Vienna, received almost universal acclaim not only as a children's novel, but also as a symbolic statement on certain aspects of the human condition. More commonly known simply as Bambi, the book today is considered a literary classic as is its animated adaptation by Walt Disney. Nazi Germany, however, banned the book as "political allegory on the treatment of Jews in Europe." So many copies of the book were burned there that today, first edition copies are extremely rare.
