The Brothers Grimm, who collected, committed to paper, and popularized many German folk tales, are considered some of the most famous folklorists in the world.
A number of their works were considered to be permanently lost following World War 2.
However, recent research at the Adam Mickiewicz University Library led to an unexpected discovery — specialists managed to find 27 original volumes with rare prints and unique editions. All of them are a valuable resource for researchers.
Finally, we’re gonna get some new Disney movies instead of live-action remakes!
I seriously hope these get published and translated soon, old German fairytales are so fucking metal
Now that’s interesting!
Presumably, the books were brought to the university library in Poznań in the post-war period, following the evacuation of many priceless literary works during the war.
Lol sounds like it was sitting in storage.