{"product_id":"dead-funny-paperback-by-rudolph-herzog","title":"Dead Funny Paperback by Rudolph Herzog","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eMelville House\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2026-05-26)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e256\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781685892814\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e260.82\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e20.93 x 14.0 x 1.73\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs Donald Trump persecutes comedians who make fun of him, a look at WWII history shows that, under fascism, a joke can get you banned, exiled . . . or executed . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHitler and Göring are standing on top of the Berlin radio tower. Hitler says he wants to do something to put a smile on the Berliners’ faces. Göring says, “Why don’t you jump?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen a woman working in a German factory told this joke to a colleague in 1943, she was arrested by the Nazis and sentenced to death by guillotine—it didn’t matter that her husband was a good German soldier who died in battle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this groundbreaking work of history, Rudolph Herzog takes up such stories to show how widespread humor was during the Third Reich. It’s a fascinating and frightening history, covering the suppression of the anti-Nazi cabaret scene of the 1930s, the persecution of numerous comedians and comic film and stage actors, to the collections of “whispered jokes” that were published in the immediate aftermath of the war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHerzog argues that jokes provide a hitherto missing chapter of WWII history. The jokes show that not all Germans were hypnotized by Nazi propaganda, and, in taking on subjects like Nazi concentration camps, they record a public acutely aware of the horrors of the regime. Thus \u003ci\u003eDead Funny\u003c\/i\u003e is a tale of terrible silence and cowardice, but also of occasional and inspiring bravery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRudolph Herzog \u003c\/b\u003eis an award-winning filmmaker, and the author of several books. \u003ci\u003eDead Funny\u003c\/i\u003e grew out of his research for the BBC documentary\u003ci\u003e Laughing with Hitler\u003c\/i\u003e. His second book, the critically acclaimed SHORT \u003ci\u003eHistory of Nuclear Folly,\u003c\/i\u003e led to a Netflix documentary. He is also the author of the short story collection, \u003ci\u003eGhosts of Berlin\u003c\/i\u003e. The son of filmmaker Werner Herzog, he lives in Berlin. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJefferson Chase \u003c\/b\u003eis one of the foremost translators of German history. He has translated Wolfgang Scivelbusch, Thomas Mann and Götz Aly, among many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46463067259041,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781685892814","price":25.64,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781685892814.jpg?v=1779783030","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/dead-funny-paperback-by-rudolph-herzog","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}