1. HUMOR
DESPITE
HORROR

2. "Today in Germany the
proper form of grace is
'Thank God and
Hitler.'“
"But suppose the
Führer dies?" asked the
boy.
"Then you just thank
God.“

3. Hitler visits a lunatic asylum.
The patients give the Hitler
salute.
As he passes down the line, he
sees a man who isn’t saluting.
“Why aren’t you saluting like the
others?” Hitler barks.
“Mein fuhrer, I’m the nurse.”
comes the answer.
“I’m not crazy!”

4. Hitler and Goring are standing on
top of Berlin’s radio tower.
Hitler says he wants to do
something to cheer up the
people of Berlin.
“Why don’t you just jump?”
suggests Goring

5. THE
POLITICAL
CARTOON

9. The Daily Worker (Chicago), May 11, 1933.

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12. “Humor is
mankind’s greatest
blessing”
- Mark Twain -

13. Bibliography
Humor in the Holocaust:
Its Critical, Cohesive, and Coping Functions
by John Morreall, Ph.D.
www.holocausttrc.org/holocaust_humor.htm
http://amhist.ist.unomaha.edu/module_files/Hitler%20Carto
on.jpg
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/szyk/szyk-ex.html
http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/bookburni
ng/response.php

14. Herzog, R. Heil Hitler! The Pig is Dead! (Berlin: Eichborn, 2009)
English version coming 2011