Author: Lassen, Peter
Title: Südschleswigsche Flugschriften. 1 - 10 [1927-1933]
Description: Flensburg, Jessensche Buchdruckerei, [1927-1933]. orig.wrappers. 21x15cm, [160] pp, TEN ISSUES. Cover titles. Issues run ca. 16 pages each.. Rubbed. Pages browned. Some chips & tears. Just Good. ¶ This is a collection of the first 10 issues of the irregular serial "South Scheswig Leaklets", each bound in original wrappers. Issued by Peter Lassen of the ethnic-Danish separatist Grænseforening to promote autonomy for southern Schleswig ["....Südschleswigsche Flugschriften, published at irregular intervals from 1927...printed in 6000-10000 and copies sent by post to people with a Danish-sounding names in the four southernmost districts of South Schleswig... The contents of the pamphlets were of course completely in line with Thorkild Gravlund and Peter Lassen's earlier heimat argument. Peter Lassen articles focussed on South Schleswig Danish ancestry and history, while other writers thundered against the central government in Berlin, tax and demanded self-government at all levels. Sü dschleswigsche Fluschriften estimated therefore exactly the same strings as Frisians Cornelius Petersen of Denmark, at the same time founded the protest party Autonomy Movement. The publication of the controversial Sü dschleswigsche Flugschriften continued until 1937 - four entire four years after the Nazi takeover..." - translation of "Græ nseflyttere, sydslesvigaktivister og nationale genrejsere i Danmark 1920-45" by Axel Johnsen].

Keywords: German Political History, Südschleswig, Schleswig Holstein, Denmark, Politics, Regional Autonomy, Ethnic Danish, Separatism, Weimar Germany