Author : Steve Lipman
Release : 1991
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Laughter in Hell by : Steve Lipman
Download or read book Laughter in Hell written by Steve Lipman. This book was released on 1991. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asserts that humor is a form of resistance and a means of psychological survival in threatening situations, and has always been cultivated especially by Jews. Cites reports of humor by both Jews and non-Jews in Nazi Germany and occupied Europe, in the ghettos and the concentration camps, and quotes many jokes. also surveys anti-Nazi jokes, cartoons, and satirical books and films issued abroad and after the war.