Sütterlin handwriting

[ChristianK]

Originally Posted by RT

to note that in the early 40ies, use of Sütterlin was prohibited,
Really wonder why ???


Rémi

Apparently because Hitler decided that the Blackletter/Gothic scripts (to which Sütterlin belonged) were of Jewish origin. The use of them was prohibited in January 1941 and they had to be replaced with the Latin type.
Off course it's hard to believe that this was the real (or at least the only) reason, even with the anitsemitism of the Nazis in mind. This would have been much too irrational. You don't make a change that big based on such a ramshackle assumption.
I googled a bit and got the impression, that the real reason for this decision is not really known. If you are interested and can read German, here is a good starter:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwabacher_Judenlettern

Regards,
Christian