Kurt Held. He saw children as the true victims of war, class struggle and injustice. His books portrayed children realistically and conveyed messages of morality. His greatest success "The Outsiders of Oskoken Castle" was soon followed by similar books about working class children: “Der Trommler von Faido” (The Drummer of Faido), “Matthias und seine Freunde” (Matthias and his Friends) and the four volume series “Giuseppe und Maria”. Death He died in exile on 9 December 1959 in Sorengo, Switzerland from the consequences of the typhoid fever he contracted in World War I. Books Neue Saat poetry Jena: Volksbuchhandlung, 1919 Empörer! Empor! Stories, Sketches and Travel Reports. Berlin: Verlag Der Syndikalist, 1925 Revolutionäre. Erzählungen aus den Kämpfen des Proletariats 1918–1925: Leipzig: Roter-Türmer-Verlag, 1925 Barrikaden an der Ruhr novel 1925 Passagiere der 3. Klasse novel Berlin: Internationaler Arbeiter-Verlag, 1927 Die Toten von Pabjanice narrations Moskau: Verlagsgenossenschaft ausländ. Arbeiter in der UdSSR, 1936 Die rote Zora und ihre Bande (The Outsiders of Oskoken Castle) Aarau: Sauerländer, 1941 Der Trommler von Faido Historical tales of Levantina. 2 Bde. Aarau: Sauerländer, 1947 / 1949 Matthias und seine Freunde Aarau. Sauerländer, 1950 Spuk in Neuhausen Berlin: Weiss, 1951 Alles für zwanzig Rappen The experiences of a small rebel Aarau: Sauerländer, 1951 Giuseppe und Maria 4 volumes Aarau: Sauerländer, 1955–56 (A Journey to Naples, of smugglers, mercenaries and soldiers, the children's city, the process) Mein Bruder Georg Gütersloh: Rufer-Verlag, 1955 Sources https://web.archive.org/web/20191023105744/http://www.buchstart.ch/de/autoren/Held_Kurt/214.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110510020002/http://www.mdr.de/geschichte-mitteldeutschlands/reise/personen/132251.html External links 1897 births 1959 deaths Communist Party of Germany Communist writers Jewish-German families German children's writers German resistance members Communists in the German Resistance German male writers