Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art
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Robert van Genechten. Van den Vos Reynaerde, Ruwaard Boudewijn en Jodocus.
Text in Dutch. Illustrated throughout by Maarten Meuldijk. pp. 98, (2). Original printed boards with color pictorial jacket, rubbed. 4to.
De Amsterdamsche Keurkamer, Amsterdam: 1941.
Robert van Genechten (1895-1945) was a Belgian-born Dutch politician and writer who was an ardent collaborator during the German occupation of the Netherlands. The present volume is a rewrite of the medieval ‘Reynard the Fox’ fable here issued as an illustrated children’s book. Essentially it is a plea for racial purity and for a so-called natural order, in which a powerful leader governs the people, and in which the evil Jew (Jodocus the rhinoceros) seeks to undermine those values. The success of the book in Dutch Nazi circles led to a film treatment, the largest such production in war-time Netherlands.
