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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
