Once, Georg Ossegg, a teacher in Aschaffenburg, took the liberty of reading the Brothers Grimm's fairy tale of Hansel and Gretel as a factual report, thereby becoming the founder of a scientific discipline that could be called fairy tale archaeology. Hans Traxler has documented the story of this passion, which persistently and intuitively uncovered the truth about Hansel and Gretel. His richly illustrated classic from 1963, equipped with photos, drawings, maps, and many archaeological documents, is now available again. The new edition has been supplemented with an appendix on the history of its creation and impact ("Cruel Facts!") of his book.