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WWII - GERMANY CHANGES ITS ALPHABET & HITLER LATER BANS IT 2/2/2010 5:37:44 PM
By C'Rod Did you know Germany use to have a different alphabet?
A German artist named Ludwig Sütterlin was commissioned to come up with a different alphabet that would be easier for children to learn. This alphabet was taught in all German schools from 1914-1941. It’s almost a dead alphabet now with only those in Mom's generation and historians remembering it even existed. Mom can still read and write in Sütterlin.
Hitler actually banned the alphabet in late 1941 after realizing the countries he conquered "could not read or understand Sütterlin."
According to Der Erste Zug (a living history organization):
"Even though Sütterlin was no longer being taught in schools after 1941, it continued to be used during WWII. Older Generations that had already been taught the Sütterlin style knew no other way of writing. Hence, Sütterlin script can be found in soldbuchs, letters, etc... all throughout the war."
To see examples of Sütterlin, please follow below links:
