For David

I haven't read this but the title sounds promising!

Shakespeare under Different Flags: The Bard in German Classrooms from Hitler to Honecker: 

http://www.jstor.org/stable/40543127?&Search=yes&searchText=children&searchText=Shakespeare&list=hide&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3DShakespeare%2Band%2Bchildren%26acc%3Don%26wc%3Don%26fc%3Doff&prevSearch=&item=1&ttl=44567&returnArticleService=showFullText