Word: winnetou
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...hero of Gregor's book is Ernst Scholten, a schoolboy who cares little about the war and less about politics. A passionate reader of Karl May's cowboy-and-Indian stories,* Scholten imagines himself as the dauntless Indian chief, Winnetou. Even though German adults - both soldiers and civilians-urge the uneasy boys to desert, they blindly follow Scholten's lead. "You can do as you please," he says. "I am staying. Winnetou will hold the fort." The boys' resolution is strengthened when a passing general cannot resist spouting nonsense: he urges them to defend the bridge...
...silhouette from day to day. Her superstructure was repeatedly repainted. Provisioned to cruise three years, she had slipped out of Hamburg with a crew of more than 300 on April 6 while R. N. was busy rushing to Norway. She refueled from her victims and the Nazi tanker Winnetou, which she met off Africa. She carried six guns and quantities of mines, 230 of which she laid off New Zealand. "You'd be surprised," said secrecy-bound Captain Arundele, "if you knew her name...
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