The Karl May Museum is in the Villa Shatterhand in Radebeul and contains artifacts from May's life as well as from life on the American frontier and Native American life of that era.
 It was founded in 1928 by May's widow and an eccentric Austrian named Ernst Tobis.
 When the Nazis took over Germany, they appropriated the museum and the image of May, and were especially focused on swastikas that appeared in some of the Native American artwork.
 Hitler Youth were encouraged to visit the museum and hear stories from Tobis.
After World War II, the original museum was in East Germany and a replica was built in Bamberg in West Germany.
 From 1956 to 1984, the museum in Radebul was called the "Indianer Museum", because May's books were suppressed by the East German government; its original name was restored in 1986.
 Around 2010, controversy arose over scalps, some of them from Native Americans, that were in the museum's collection.
The Karl May Museum is in the Villa Shatterhand in Radebeul and contains artifacts from May's life as well as from life on the American frontier and Native American life of that era.  It was founded in 1928 by May's widow and an eccentric Austrian named Ernst Tobis.  When the Nazis took over Germany, they appropriated the museum and the image of May, and were especially focused on swastikas that appeared in some of the Native American artwork.  Hitler Youth were encouraged to visit the museum and hear stories from Tobis. After World War II, the original museum was in East Germany and a replica was built in Bamberg in West Germany.  From 1956 to 1984, the museum in Radebul was called the "Indianer Museum", because May's books were suppressed by the East German government; its original name was restored in 1986.  Around 2010, controversy arose over scalps, some of them from Native Americans, that were in the museum's collection.
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