“On April 1, armed SA men took up positions in front of Jewish businesses and tried to prevent customers from spending money in them. Some troops painted anti-Semitic slogans and Stars of David on display windows; others were content to… — 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 aware of the boycott’s inherent absurdity: A city on the Rhine during the boycott: SA men stand in front of Jewish businesses and “warn” passers-by against entering them. Nonetheless, a woman tries to go into a… — Rudolph Herzog Copy Share
“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
