The Funny Side of Adolf Hitler

The Funny Side of Adolf Hitler

Don’t believe everything you hear in History lessons at
school. For many years, children have been brought up to
believe that Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492;
that the Battle of Hastings was fought between French and
English armies in 1066; and that on April 30th, 1945, Adolf
Hitler and his recent wife, Eva Braun, had committed suicide
in a German bunker - due to the imminent threat of Soviet
troops capturing the Reich Chancellery. Children can be safe
in the knowledge that the first two events most certainly took
place. However, when it came to the story surrounding Hitler’s
death – information was tweaked, facts were distorted or
dismissed - and the truth was subsequently lost. Now, over
half a century later, I think it is about time that the truth
be known.

Adolf Hitler certainly never died in any German bunker - nor
was it the year of 1945. Did you really think the Jewish
community would allow him to get off so easily? In fact,
Hitler was captured by the Jews in 1945, and in the years
following, was subjected to what could only be described as
Jewish retribution. It came in the form of embarrassing tasks
and humiliating experiments - intended to simply wind Hitler
up, make him look a prat and make the Jews giggle
uncontrollably. It was a daring move but was very typical of
their comedic personalities at the time. Of course the Nazi
Party denied all claims. Can you imagine the shame of finding
out the führer is being made to look like a complete schmuck?

The initiative was to be appropriately named Operation: Let
Hitler know what it’s like to be a Jew. They opted for a name
that was both cryptic and subtle. One notable occasion
involved Hitler being told to sing his rendition of the
Dreidel Song in Hebrew, whilst a packed audience at the Bowery
Ballroom simply heckled and threw rubbish at him – until he
fell off his unicycle. The Jews always did have a fantastic
sense of humour. Ordering Hitler to march through the centre
of Manhattan butt-naked, wearing only a brightly-coloured
yarmulke and equipped with nothing but a set of juggling
balls, was a priceless moment. It was utterly brutal but also
hilarious. It was to go down in Jewish folklore.

By the time 1955 swung around, the majority of Europe was
slowly starting to recover from the war and Adolf Hitler had
endured a decade of torturous laughter – quite literally.
There were days in which he would undergo hours of feettickling
to the point of submission - whilst being read longwinded
excerpts from the Torah. The Jews were not one bit
sympathetic. This was made abundantly clear in 1953, after a
Jewish TV channel commissioned festive re-runs of The
Screwball Antics of Adolf Hitler and Three Reichs and You’re
Out. Both shows were introduced shortly after the war had
ended, and showed Adolf Hitler himself, victimized in various
witty sketch shows. Some memorable sketches were Hitler
attending Rabbi School and Hitler having to meet his new
Jewish girlfriend’s parents (of which both had fled mainland
Europe during the First World War). It was clearly becoming
unbearable for him. How much longer he could take was yet to
be seen.

To mark the 10th year anniversary of what had been a
celebratory decade for the Jews, it was announced that Adolf
Hitler would undergo one final test whilst under Jewish rule.
It would also see Hitler having to make the most important
decision in his life. He would have a choice as to either live
out the remainder of his life imprisoned in America and have
the world know that the Jews reduced him to nothing; or have
the world believe that he did in fact commit suicide in 1945
and then ultimately reach his demise, in the form of capital
punishment.

It was a highly publicised event, which saw millions of Jews
nationwide tuning in to capture Adolf Hitler at his weakest.
The newspapers nicknamed the occasion Happy Hanukkah Hitler.
It would see him playing host to a number of guests in the
scenario of a festive dinner party. The event was to be
broadcast live and would seek the help of five popular Jewish
entertainers, in which to be Hitler’s special guests. By 1955,
Jewish comedy had became particularly prevalent within the US,
so finding willing participants wasn’t too difficult. Among
the volunteers were Groucho Marx, Mel Brooks, Lenny Bruce, a
young Woody Allen and Harry Houdini. Nobody was quite sure why
Houdini had signed up, but people just presumed he had an
ulterior motive. In the period prior, television and radio
sales had soared through the roof. I don’t think there was one
Jew in the country that was going to miss the biggest event in
the Jewish calendar. Even Jewish vagrants were gathering
around store windows jostling for prime position.

Despite the humorous undertones surrounding the whole
occasion, the organisers went to great lengths to ensure the
event maintained its traditional Jewish values. The menorah
was lit accordingly, a handful of festive songs were sung both
by the guests and a disgruntled Hitler – and a “playful”
undertaking of the dreidel game had resulted - after a tipsy
Lenny Bruce challenged a sober Adolf Hitler to a showdown. In
fact, Lenny Bruce was totally smashed by this point and had
forgotten the reason why he had attended the dinner party in
the first place. Harry Houdini never looked at all comfortable
- and throughout the dinner he seemed very fidgety. The same
couldn’t be said about Allen, Marx and Brooks. The three
absolutely hit it off, and as the night wore on, Marx’s
uncanny impressions of Hitler had the rest in stitches. The
greasepaint moustache and large eyebrows just added to the
comedy. Hitler was not at all amused. He was becoming
extremely restless and it didn’t help his self-esteem that he
was made to wear nothing but a pair of briefs for dinner.

It was when Woody Allen performed a bit he had rehearsed -
about a young, Austrian-born, self-loathing artist, who likes
nothing more than to hurt small animals – that Hitler
completely snapped. ‘KILL ME, KILL ME NOW!’ screamed Hitler,
whilst standing up in just his underwear. Around the room all
conversations came to a halt. The cameras were still rolling
but there was complete silence. All of a sudden the guests,
the cameraman and even the lighting crew burst into laughter.
It was reported that Woody Allen was quite literally rolling
around the floor in tears and that Lenny Bruce was also lying
on the floor. He was just intoxicated though. When all the
laughter finally stopped, Groucho Marx pulled out a whopping
big Cigar and began to puff away. It was at this point that
Allen noticed Houdini had slipped out the side door, amidst
all the laughter.