Schulz, Heinrich
Schulz, Heinrich (1872–1932),German educator and writer, who became head of the cultural ministry in 1920 when the Social Democrats came to power in the Weimar Republic. At the same time he began writing books for children. Among his books are Der kleine Jan (Small Jan, 1920), Aus meinen vier Pfählen (Out of my Four Posts, 1921), and Von Menschen, Tierlein und Dinglein: Märchen aus dem Alltag (About People, Little Animals, and Little Things: Fairy Tales from Every Day Life, 1924). This last book, a collection of fairy tales, was most important because the tales were conceived to clarify social relations and to offer possibilities for the solution of political conflicts. In such tales as ‘The Castle with Three Windows’ and ‘The Quiet Engine’ Schulz focused on the necessity to encourage solidarity among workers and introduced proletarian elements into traditional folk tales and...
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