Talk:Karl May

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Deleted the sentence "Even long after his death, May's reputation continues to suffer as a result of Adolf Hitler's professed admiration for his writing. [1]". Adolf Hitler may have liked May's books, but why would that affect the author's reputation or popularity? The given link can give no prove for it, neither can I, living in Germany, see this suggested link between Hitlers "admiration" for May's books and his reputation.

removed from the article (regarding movies): these are featured annually at the Karl May Festival in Bad Segeberg - this is highly doubtful, as the "Karl-May-Spiele" are primarily an open-air theatre event. Kosebamse 21:42, 28 Sep 2003 (UTC)

Can't remember where I found that, but if I run into it again I'll cite a source with it (it may well be a bad source too for that matter). - Hephaestos 21:46, 28 Sep 2003 (UTC) Aha. I got it from the de: version of this article. I may have translated it incorrectly. - Hephaestos 21:58, 28 Sep 2003 (UTC)

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Plitvice lakes: I think it's in Serbia, which would be in present-day yugoslavia, but I am not sure either. --Yak 23:25, Apr 3, 2004 (UTC)

Actually, Plitvice Lakes are in Croatia, but are they the location of the filming? The article doesn't specify. --Shallot 00:47, 4 Apr 2004 (UTC)

certainly for the water-scenes, but most of the rest looks like the Karst as well. Sorry about my bad Geography!

--Yak 11:31, Apr 5, 2004 (UTC)

"Karst" is both a generic term and a name for a region in Slovenia. Plitvice are located in a karst area but are not part of the latter. It could be anywhere really, we need a more exact reference. --Shallot 15:07, 5 Apr 2004 (UTC)

I just happened to see a report on a local TV station about a German TV crew that is filming a documentary about the making of films based on Karl May's Winnetou. They were roaming the Velebit mountain in Croatia and the Zrmanja river canyon, as they wanted to see the same locations as those thirty or forty years ago. Here's IMDb data on some of those locations: Winnetou - 1. Teil, Winnetou - 2. Teil, Winnetou - 3. Teil, Winnetou und Shatterhand im Tal der Toten, Old Shatterhand... most of it is in the Dinaric Alps: Lika, inner Dalmatia, Herzegovina, Montenegro. --Shallot 17:39, 28 May 2004 (UTC)

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"the best selling German writer of all time": More than Martin Luther and Karl Marx? ;-) 84.178.88.127 13:33, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Karl May and the Holocaust

Removed this passage from the article as it is entirely unsourced and a little absurd in what it seems to imply:

Adolf Hitler loved May's stories about the American West, read them as a youth, and re-read and discussed them as an adult. In justifying his lack of first-hand experience, in passing judgment on others, such as the Jews, Hitler cited, as precedent, May's "authentic" depiction of the West without having been there. Colonel Mustard 04:15, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Of course Karl May had nothing to do with the holocaust, but Hitler should be added among his famous "fans".

[edit] Strange autobiography sentence

The beginning of the article now says, "His autobiography is important for any serious study of his life." This is undoubtedly true, but it strikes me as a very weird thing to say in an article, if only because it's so blindingly obvious but also because the sentence doesn't seem to relate anything else in the same paragraph -- it's just a throwaway note that essentially says "if you're doing a serious study on Karl May, you need to study Karl May". I would just take it out, but I can't help wondering if I'm missing something here? -- Captain Disdain (talk) 13:56, 5 January 2008 (UTC)