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Source: BBC World Service-PRI-WGBH Boston "The World"

Roundup

9-15-06

'Heil Hitler, The Pig Is Dead' [audio 5min]

Host Marco Werman talks with Rudolph Herzog, author of the book Heil Hitler, das Schwein ist tot! Lachen unter Hitler: Komik und Humor im Dritten Reich. Herzog describes the role humor played in the way Germans described and perceived the Nazis during the 1930s and 1940s.

Read entire article at BBC World Service-PRI-WGBH Boston "The World"