Piers Torday

The dark story behind Bambi, the book Hitler banned

Felix Salten’s original work is far removed from the Disney version, being an allegory of Nazi persecution in a grimly ironic woodland paradise

Illustration from Bambi by Alenka Sottler. [Alenka Sottler]
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  • The Original Bambi: The Story of a Life in the Forest

    Felix Salten, translated by Jack Zipes, illustrated by Alenka Sottler

    Princeton University Press, pp. 192, £20

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