Jim Wrote:
>
>Native Americans and the American West generally are of great
>interest to Germans -- maybe because of the vastness of the
"wide
>open spaces" and their own dreams of more national Liebensraum.

:-@ I want to say, that it's a silly impudence or simple
stupidity to say or to think, that many Germans are interested in
the American West because of their >own  dreams of more national
Liebensraum> (by the way: you mean *Lebensraum* (place for
living; word was only used by the nationalsocialist NS!)
You seem to have absolutely no knowledge of german language,
Germany, the Germans and the contemporary history.

Perhaps the reason for being interested in the American West is
Karl May, perhaps the american soldiers in Germany, which can
surely confirm, that the NS is dead in Germany, brought up any
sympathy for the USA.

Joern Borchert
Germany
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