Candidate’s campaign poster, based on a bestselling author’s Wild West hero, is branded ‘problematic’ by German Native American association James Jackson is a Berlin-based journalist, documentary ...

Ravensburger Verlag reacts as debate rages over depiction of Native American character in children’s books A German publisher has announced it is withdrawing two new books paying tribute to a highly ...

Generations of young Germans have been fans of Indian Winnetou and his German friend Old Shatterhand - even Adolf Hitler. Now that the Karl May story has been refilmed, DW's Susanne Spröer gets to the ...

The film “Forget Winnetou!” uses the novels of Karl May, who published his first book about a character named Winnetou in 1870, to explore the German idealization of Indigenous peoples. “I make pretty ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. German publisher pulls Winnetou books after accusations of racism A German publisher has pulled two books about a beloved ...

How convincing will Albanian actor Nik Xhelilaj be as the new Winnetou? DW has spoken to him about his role, and also about refugees streaming into Germany from his native Albania. Winnetou movies ...

The two Winnetou novels reissued by the Ravensburger publishing house created a controversy before being withdrawn from sale, which created a new controversy. CAPTURE D’ECRAN NDR Trying to extinguish ...

When Winnetou was reborn for the cinema, a miracle had to happen. So the Great Spirit formed the Apache chief from a Frenchman of the Breton tribe. Even if it wasn't entirely politically correct. This ...

Ravensburger has pulled books depicting Winnetou, a fictional Apache character, over accusations that the story reinforces racist and colonial stereotypes of Native Americans. A German publisher has ...