“The historian Meike Wöhlert has analyzed and compared the judgments rendered by courts responsible for malicious acts of treason in five cities. Although her research only deals with registered cases and not unofficial ones, the results suggest that the telling… — Rudolph Herzog Copy Share Image
“. Despite the considerable horror they had felt when the SA men were bellowing crude anti-Semitic slogans, in retrospect the joke-tellers were very much… — Rudolph Herzog Copy Share Image
“Finally, my watchers had to fess up. In embarrassed and genuinely polite tones, they said they had no other choice but to arrest me.… — Rudolph Herzog Copy Share Image
“Comrades, we are going to try to cheer you up, and our sense of humor will help us in this endeavor, although the phrase… — Rudolph Herzog Copy Share Image
“The historical record contradicts the assumption that the Nazis sentenced large numbers of people to death during World War II for telling jokes. In… — Rudolph Herzog Copy Share Image
“Most of Hitler's henchmen were not demons. They were overly obedient petty bourgeois who had mutated into murderers.” — Rudolph Herzog Copy Share Image
“On April 1, armed SA men took up positions in front of Jewish businesses and tried to prevent customers from spending money in them.… — Rudolph Herzog Copy Share Image
“The historian Meike Wöhlert has analyzed and compared the judgments rendered by courts responsible for malicious acts of treason in five cities. Although her… — Rudolph Herzog Copy Share Image
