Karl May
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A good while ago I read “The Librarian of Auschwitz “. I will not do a book review, although it is a very good and well written book, but I will go into some aspects of the book which brought the Holocaust quite near to me in a way I did not expect. However before…
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The connection between Adolf Hitler and Karl May is an unusual but revealing example of how literature can shape ideology, identity, and even political imagination. Although the two men never met—May died in 1912, years before Hitler rose to prominence—May’s adventure novels played a significant role in influencing Hitler’s worldview, particularly in his youth and…
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Dora Gerstein was a Jewish actress and singer born on 23 March 1899 in Berlin. She was murdered on February 14,1943 in Auschwitz. On one of the sites I used to do the research on Dora I noticed the line ‘Body lost or destroyed’. Not only her body was destroyed but also her talent and…
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Tarzan has been played by a great number of actors, the actor mostly associated with the character Tarzan is the former Olympian Johnny Weissmüller. But the title of this blog indicates WWII,and Weissmüller did not serve during the war. However two other actors who played Tarzan did actively serve during World War II Glenn Morris…
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