This day in 1812 the Brothers Grim published their tales!

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http://www.historytoday.com/richard-cavendish/publication-grimm%E2%80%99s-fairy-tales

The Grimm brothers were committed German nationalists who wanted to demonstrate the supremacy of German ‘Kultur’ and to see German unification. Unfortunately they didn’t live long enough to see this dream achieved in 1871!

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