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So, obviously, Karl May's novels, by Hitler's own admission, were the first time he really read anything about America. They opened his eyes to geography. And in May's novels, America is a land dominated by German immigrants. Almost every white person in the story with a speaking role in these novels is a German transplant. In the first book, Old.
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Robert Evans So, obviously, Karl May's novels, by Hitler's own admission, were the first time he really read anything ab… 2
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“So, obviously, Karl May's novels, by Hitler's own admission, were the first time he really read anything about America. They opened his eyes to geography. And in May's novels, America is a land dominated by German immigrants. Almost every white person in the story with a speaking role in these novels is a German transplant. In the first book, Old”
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“I I think the first guy to draw a direct connection between Karl May and Hitler was Klaus Mann, who was the son of Thomas Mann, uh a famous German author. Uh Klaus Mann wrote in an article in 1940 called Karl May, Hitler's Literary Mentor, where he made basically all the allegations I've just made minus the Russia stuff”
