Figure 1.--We know nothing about this image other than it is German. We would guess it was taken in the 1920s. Certainly all the candy and bunny forms means that this was an Easter photograph. Is that a candy cigarette the boy has? We also see an abacus. Was the boy counting up his chocolate Eater eggs? |
We do not have much information on German Easter traditions. We note many more images of Christas than Easter from Germany. Germany was both Protestant and Catholic. Protestants were dominate in the north and Catholics in the south. Thus Germany has both Protestant and Catholic Easter traditions. Easter egg rolls were also popular in Germany. The Easter rabbit is a popular symbol in Germany. Germans tell the children that the Easter rabbit brings the eggs and hides them in houses. German immigrants brought this tradition with them to America. Here we see some of the delectale-looking Easter Candy in wht looks like the 1920s (figure 1). Everything looks like bunnies nd eggs. We don't see any Easter baskets. That may have not been part of the Easter tradition.
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