Word: winnetou
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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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...
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