"The Good Bargain" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, KHM 7. This antisemitic fairytale was added to the Grimms' collection Kinder- und Hausmärchen with the second edition of 1819. It is a tale of Aarne–Thompson type 1642. A similar anti-Semitic tale collected by the Grimms' is The Jew Among Thorns.
The Soldier, the Peasant and the Jew in The Good Bargain, illustration by Hermann Vogel - Kinder- und Hausmärchen, München: Verlag von Braun u. Schneider, c. 1892
The Peasant and the Frogs - illustration by Hermann Vogel - Kinder- und Hausmärchen, München: Verlag von Braun u. Schneider, c 1892
The Peasant appeals to the King- illustration by Hermann Vogel - Kinder- und Hausmärchen, München: Verlag von Braun u. Schneider, c 1893
The Soldier and the Jew claim their reward - Illustration by Otto Ubbelohde for Grimms' Fairy Tales (1909)
The Brothers Grimm, Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm (1786–1859), were German academics who together collected and published folklore. The brothers are among the best-known storytellers of folktales, popularizing stories such as "Cinderella", "The Frog Prince", "Hansel and Gretel", "Town Musicians of Bremen", "Little Red Riding Hood", "Rapunzel", "Rumpelstiltskin", "Sleeping Beauty", and "Snow White". Their first collection of folktales, Children's and Household Tales, began publication in 1812.
Wilhelm Grimm (left) and Jacob Grimm (right), portrayed by Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann (1855)
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm lived in this house in Steinau from 1791 to 1796.
Jacob Grimm lecturing (illustration by Ludwig Emil Grimm, c. 1830)
Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm, c. 1837