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Adolf Hitler told bad jokes about Nazi friends

Adolf Hitler took time out from running Nazi Germany to make jokes at the expense of his henchmen, a new book claims.

The dictator would often break from the serious nature of waging his campaign to "pull the legs" of his entourage of generals and hangers on.

His favourite victim was the Luftwaffe chief Herman Goering, who was notoriously fond of awarding himself medals and decorations.

According to the book by the last surviving member of his bunker, Hitler recounted how Mrs Goering found her husband waving a baton over his underwear in the bedroom and asked him what he was doing.

"He replied: "I am promoting my underpants to OVERpants"", Hitler then joked.
Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)