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Monday, August 8, 2022

SIX-GUN JUSTICE PODCAST EPISODE #203—WORLDWIDE WEST TOUR: GERMANY PART 1

SIX-GUN JUSTICE PODCAST
EPISODE #203
THE WORLDWIDE WEST TOUR
GERMANY PART 1
WITH GUEST CO-HOST
TIM DE FOREST 
Round up ye'r broncs and cool ye'r spurs for another episode of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast...Westerns are a genuine American art form, but that hasn't stopped the rest of the world from telling an amazing slew of their own wild west tales. These are often written by wordslingers who have never set foot on American shores, let alone been west of the Mississippi...

For the next few episodes, host Paul Bishop and various special guests will be riding the whirlwind we're calling the Worldwide West Tour...First stop: Germany Part 1... 

Available now on all major podcast streaming platforms or by clicking on the player below...

7 comments:

  1. Greetings. I cannot protest strongly enough about your closing statements regarding Adolf Hitler using Karl May as an inspiration for his vile policies of conquest and racial extermination. Karl May was a pacifist who abhorred violence and racism. He bemoaned the demise of the red man at the deep injustice of manifest destiny. May's empathy for the native American plight is the single most important reason for the German love for the American West, even today.
    May died a few days after giving a rousing speech in favour of peace and harmony between the nations, to hundreds of followers in Vienna, Austria. His final Winnetou novel (Winnetou's testament), is a manifesto for brotherhood and harmony between the tribes, the races and the nations. It could not have been more diametrically opposite to Hitler's Mein Kampf. So what if this was a Christian message? May was a child of his time, and isn't Christianity supposed to condemn racism and and violence.
    Apart from this one false note, I thoroughly enjoyed your podcast today.
    Best wishes

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    1. While Karl May may not have supported the Nazi cause, there are numerous sources that verify Hitler's fascination and devotion to May's works...Here's a quote from one article: "But back in communist party-ruled East Germany, May was out of favor because the Nazis had been big fans of him. May had been called Hitler’s “cowboy mentor” while Hitler himself had urged his generals to read May during the battle of Stalingrad."

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    2. Michael...I hope it's okay if I quote parts of your comment at the beginning of our next episode to put the May/Hitler connection into the right prospective...

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  2. Einstein was equally fascinated by May's work...

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  3. And May could never have supported the Nazi cause because he died in 1912. He will have most certainly have turned over in his grave (several times) by the mere thought of being in one sentence with the horrors of nazism, pacifist as he was.

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    1. Yes, clearly May would have been appalled to find his work being promoted by a man of pure evil, who in his twisted mind, completely misinterpret May's intentions...

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    2. Of course; it would be an honour!

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