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Karl May Museum Radebeul near Dresden

Karl May in his favorite role: On this studio shot from 1896, the adventure writer disguised himself as Kara Ben Nemsi, narrator in many of his stories. Life and work, facts and fiction, May let it merge in his self-staging. Only at the age of 57 did he really travel far into the distance for the first time - and he experienced all sorts of surprises.

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