The brothers of the blacks

Black Brothers by Lisa Tetzner ... The Black Brothers is a children's novel worldwide, authored by the German writer Lisa Tetzner, and it was adapted into a Japanese cartoon series for children called (The Age of Friends). It achieved great success upon its broadcast. The novel was named The Black Brothers after the children protagonists who worked cleaning chimneys and became stained with ash and dirt resulting from the chimneys. Julian is forced to go to Milan to work in chimney cleaning so he can contribute to supporting his family and treating his sick mother. Julian lives there in inhumane conditions, faces persecution, hunger, and illness, and some of his colleagues die from disease. So how did Julian manage to survive, and who helped him? And how did he return to his homeland? It is a story about children's suffering that calls for attention to the world of childhood.