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Irony department: most of the actors who played the Germans were Jewish. The actor who played Klink, Werner Klemperer, insisted that he play the part as a buffoon. Small world.... My step-mom's German uncles created a major talent agency on Sunset Blvd just down the street from Schwabs Pharmacy; agents for a lot of refugee artists including John Banner and Werner Klemperer. They hosted big Xmas open houses, so I got to know those guys when I was growing up.
A fan of Hogan's Heroes, I knew enough to not do my Sgt Schultz imitation when greeting them.
Irrelevant anecdote: Wermacht helmets, iron crosses and swastikas were, for a brief time, not uncommon symbols in the early world of surfing as symbols of rebellion against the system.
I believe I was about 11 or 12 when my Dad said he'd clobber me if he saw another swastika on my brown paper shopping bag textbook covers.
surfertoday.com - Surf nazis the unsettling link between waves and swastikas
