Blue and white booklets

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Blau-Weiss Hefte was a series of booklets that was published by Münsterverlag towards the end of the Second World War . In the format of the popular booklet novels , this edition belongs to the so-called good youth literature .

Edition history

These booklets were published by various organizations, especially in Austria and Switzerland , in order to form a counterpart to the normal “ junk booklets ”. Individual publishers also tried this form of good youth literature at kiosks without direct support from literary organizations , such as the Basler Münsterverlag here. The blue and white booklets ran from 1944 to 1945. They consisted of 31 or 34 issues. In addition to less clearly more demanding literature, classics of fantastic and adventure literature were also printed here. In addition to Adelbert von Chamisso, there were also stories by Friedrich Gerstäcker and Edgar Allan Poe . Authors like ETA Hoffmann , whose works were assigned to the entertainment novel and had no educational claim, were also represented with their works.

The small-format booklets were 48–66 pages thick, had a cover picture in black and white (with a blue background) and cost 45 centimes .

Intention of this series

Even if one did not dedicate oneself directly to the 'fight against rubbish', left to other organizations, the publishing house pursued the claim after the disturbing events of the day to restore the happy harmony of the mind . The advertising was accordingly less sensational: after a long journey and after exciting negotiations, they want to bring the traveler a break from the world of professional thoughts. On their return home from the one-sided work in the office or at work, they will allow the young man or the working daughter to find a liberating emotional balance in a breathtaking, exciting or happy way, depending on the mood.

Issues published

# author title year
01 Gabriel Ferry The pearl fisherman from Esperitu Santo 1944
02 Johannes Eigenhal The fratricide of the Count of Toggenburg 1944
03 Prosper Mérimée The slave ship 1944
04 Albert Attinger At a losing point 1944
05 Theodor Neuhaus Adventure under the ice:
an episode from Jules Verne's novel "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea",
freely retold by Theodor Neuhaus 		1944
06 Gabriel Ferry Cajetano, the smuggler 1944
07 Curt Siegfried Uhlig The Cremonese violin 1944
08 Markus Borren-Lötscher The runner from Bern 1944
09 Johann Peter Lötscher Storm and sun over Carschenna 1944
10 Curt Siegfried Uhlig The glass murderer 1944
11 WHERE from Horn The Lisbon earthquake 1944
12 Friedrich Gerstäcker The escape over the Cordilleras 1944
13 Paul Heyse The lost Son 1944
14th Wilhelm Raabe The black galley 1944
15th Johann Peter Lötscher Pompey Planta's end 1944
16 Edgar Allan Poe The double murder on Rue Morgue 1944
17th Theodor Storm John Riew 1944
18th Heinrich von Kleist The engagement in St. Domingo 1944
19th ETA Hoffmann Doge and Dogaresse 1944
20th Adelbert von Chamisso Peter Schlemihl's wondrous story 1944
21st 1944
22nd Friedrich Halm The heiress 1944
23 Elizabeth Gaskell The servant 1944
24 Theodor Storm Eekenhof 1944
25th Emil Loetscher At Sempach the small town 1945
26th Giuseppe Giacosa The competition 1945
26th Ferdinand of Saar Ginevra 1945
27 Jakob Frey Criminal in mind 1945
28 Stephan Milow Marzia 1945
29 Gottfried Keller Clothes make the man 1945
30th 1945
31 Prosper Mérimée The Venus of Ille 1945
32 Emile Zola Nantas 1945
33 Serious tooth Theft 1945

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