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In the last months of the Nazi occupation of Poland, two children are left by their father and stepmother to find safety in a dense forest. Because their real names will reveal their Jewishness, they are renamed "Hansel" and "Gretel". They wander in the woods until they are taken in by Magda, an eccentric and stubborn old woman called "witch" by the nearby villagers.

"Hansel and Gretel" (also known as Hansel and Grettel, Hansel and Grethel, or Little Brother and Little Sister / German: Hänsel und Gretel) is a well-known fairy tale of German origin, recorded by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812. Hansel and Gretel are a young brother and sister kidnapped by a cannibalistic witch living deep in the forest in a house constructed of cake and confectionery. The two children escape with their lives by outwitting her. Hansel and Gretel are the young children of a poor woodcutter.

This is the magical story of Hansel and Gretel told in rhymes for your delight.

Hänsel und Gretel im Ostblock. Deutschland in den Achtzigern: Anna und Max, beide fast 14, brechen aus. Raus aus der Kindheit, raus aus der DDR. Sich abwechselnd, erzählen sie von der Einsamkeit elternloser Kindheiten, auf sich gestellt, finden sie nur ineinander Halt. Ein Roadmovie in Buchform, eine Hommage an die Zeit der Adoleszenz, in der noch alles möglich scheint. Selbst schwere Verletzungen zu heilen. Selbst über ein Meer in den Westen zu fliehen.