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This article presents Otfried Preußler’s young adult novel Erntelager Geyer (1944) with regard to work-related issues. It begins with an excursus dedicated to the significance of work under National Socialism (Buggeln/Wildt 2014a), as well as aspects such as education through work (Dudek, Erziehung durch Arbeit. Arbeitslagerbewegung und Freiwilliger Arbeitsdienst 1920–1935. Opladen, 1988) and the institutional organisation of Nazi work camps and services (Patel, „Soldaten der Arbeit“. Arbeitsdienste in Deutschland und den USA 1933–1945. Göttingen, 2003). The article continues by looking at representations of work in Krabat are shown in order to the compare both novels in terms of their material and thematic interfaces, as well as in their discursivation of “articulated youth”. The article pursues the thesis that Preußler’s literary work – here with a focus on Erntelager Geyer and Krabat – can be explored in a more differentiated way and from new perspectives by looking at representations of work and by including Nazi ideological themes.

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„Gedenke, daß ich der Meister bin“. Arbeitsrepräsentationen in Otfried Preußlers Werk

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    2025年

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  • Caroline Roeder

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This article presents Otfried Preußler’s young adult novel Erntelager Geyer (1944) with regard to work-related issues. It begins with an excursus dedicated to the significance of work under National Socialism (Buggeln/Wildt 2014a), as well as aspects such as education through work (Dudek, Erziehung durch Arbeit. Arbeitslagerbewegung und Freiwilliger Arbeitsdienst 1920–1935. Opladen, 1988) and the institutional organisation of Nazi work camps and services (Patel, „Soldaten der Arbeit“. Arbeitsdienste in Deutschland und den USA 1933–1945. Göttingen, 2003). The article continues by looking at representations of work in Krabat are shown in order to the compare both novels in terms of their material and thematic interfaces, as well as in their discursivation of “articulated youth”. The article pursues the thesis that Preußler’s literary work – here with a focus on Erntelager Geyer and Krabat – can be explored in a more differentiated way and from new perspectives by looking at representations of work and by including Nazi ideological themes.