Source: Futility Closet
When Winnie-the-Pooh was proposed for sale in East Germany, censors found its message too neutral, insufficiently progressive, and hence not representative of East German society. Here’s an extract from the print permit files of 1959:
Winnie the Pooh is exclusively about fantasy, happiness and child’s play.
Certainly our children are not less imaginative in their play, but it cannot be…