"Wie Micky unter die Nazis fiel"

Gerd Syllwasschy gsy at megatel.de
Mon Mar 24 10:24:48 CET 2003


Sigvald wrote:

> Aha! So there may be a historical reasons why the German Weekly, unlike it's
> Scandinavian counterparts, is named "Mickey Mouse" in stead of "Donald
> Duck"?

Probably, yes. It has not got to do with Hitler's preferences, but due
to the Nazi ban the duck did not have a chance to develop as much
popularity as the mouse in Germany. So the German publisher obviously
thought it better to name the magazine "Micky Maus" instead.

Gerd


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