Dead Funny: Humor in Hitler's Germany

by Rudolph Herzog

Book Overview

In Nazi Germany, telling jokes about Hitler could get you killed. Is it permissible to laugh at Hitler? This is a question that is often debated in Germany today, where, in light of the dimension of the horrors committed in the name of its citizens, many people have difficulty taking a satiric look at the Third Reich. And whenever some do, accusations arise that they are downplaying or trivializing the Holocaust. But there is a long history of jokes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1935554301
• ISBN13: 9781935554301
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Melville House Publishing
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.9"