title: How Franz and Greta Went to Russia”By Bertha Lask and the Image of Soviet Russia as it Was Presented in German Proletarian Children’s Literature in 1920s
abstract: Proletarian children's literature was developing in Germany in 1920-ies. Stories about Soviet Union as well as travelogue were among popular genres. These books were a obvious propaganda. Stories about the first socialist state had as their main goal to set a positive example for the young readers to follow in the class struggle as well as served as a proof of the inevitability of the proletarian revolution worldwide. German communist writer Bertha Lask in her book “How Franz and Gretha went to 
journal: Children s Readings Studies in Children s Literature