Werner Kemperer (aka Col. Klink) was Jewish and had to escape from Nazi Germany as they started to consolidate their power. (So was Leon Askin who fled Austria (the scar. on his check was from the Nazi's SA ("Brown Shirts") and John Banner. Robert Clary was a child in occupied France and as a Jew he was sent to a Concentration Camp and survived.)
@hoilst265
Жыл бұрын
And he famously took the role of Klink only if they never, ever, *ever* showed Klink winning against Hogan.
@miket2120
Жыл бұрын
Indeed, all of the Nazi's portrayed were done by Jewish actors. Leon Askin (Gen. Burkhalter) escaped from Austria, but losing his parents in the Treblinka concentration camp. Howard Caine (Gestapo Maj. Hochstetter) family name was Cohen, born in Tennessee.
@davidward2052
Жыл бұрын
Always a treat to see an actor known for primarily one role, play something totally opposite his stereotype. Although it would come later in his career. Klemperer would always be known as the fidgety, fussy grovelling worm of a Nazi, Col.Klink. But here in this scene, his stillness as his fellow inmate lays out the logistics of mass murder, is terrific .
@f1b0nacc1sequence7
Жыл бұрын
That was why he was chosen for this role, and (if interviews with him later are to be believed) why he took the role.
@JACKnJESUS
Жыл бұрын
@@f1b0nacc1sequence7 Most of the major principle Germans in the show were all Jewish...as were the prisoners...that was one of the points.
@miket2120
Жыл бұрын
@@f1b0nacc1sequence7 Judgement at Nuremberg as released in 1961, while Hogan's Heroes, of which Klemperer was known for, didn't come out until 1964. Klemperer did play another prominent Nazi figure, Adolf Eichmann, in Operation Eichmann (1961). His portrayal of Eichmann is chilling in it's calm and businesslike demeanor.
@f1b0nacc1sequence7
Жыл бұрын
@@miket2120 Yes, and I should have mentioned that in my earlier comment. Thank you for correcting my omission!
@jadzia2098
2 жыл бұрын
I remember that scene well. Powerfull words. Yes it is heart wrenching to hear that......and admission of guilt and yet, how many answered not guilty??? I still have a hard time seeing those pictures they showed in that movie. I cant help but cry and sob just thinking how can anyone see this without ANY reaction?? I cant.💞💞
@cherylannemason
Жыл бұрын
One chilling moment of truth telling--and watching as the other four men lose their appetites.
@lovecraftscat5044
4 жыл бұрын
heart wrenching
@zacharycat603
Жыл бұрын
Disposing of the bodies is the problem, as they do start to pile up.
@jeffg1524
Жыл бұрын
Movies like this, 12 Angry Men, and Inherit the Wind should be compulsory viewing in our schools. If history teaches us anything, when too much time passes people tend to forget, at the cost of our humanity.
@elliottschertzer876
Жыл бұрын
I agree with you however now in many states particularly Florida anything like that is being banned . Books such as Catcher In the Rye , To Kill A Mockingbird, banned. These are Fascist leanings.
@jeffg1524
Жыл бұрын
@@elliottschertzer876 And it's all coming from one party, Republicans. Apologies if you're a Trump supporter, but under his pernicious influence they are the new fascists, something never seen in this country before. They are the party of intolerance, racism and authoritarianism. And nothing they've done in the past few years has changed my mind.
@pattyamato8758
Жыл бұрын
Not in Florida. It only takes one racist parent to say this makes their kid "uncomfortable", and the truth will be hidden. So that one day it can be repeated
@elliottschertzer876
Жыл бұрын
@@pattyamato8758 actually you are correct as far as from the states view, several counties no such as Duvall and Martin County
@thomaschevalier9356
2 жыл бұрын
We are not judges we are killer's
@groksr
Жыл бұрын
Even as a young boy watching Hogan's Heroes was incredibly bizarre. Only 20 years after the end of World War II a series about POW Nazi camps with a laugh track...
@TRIChuckles
Жыл бұрын
His interviews about this in later years was very interesting. He said paraphrasing ; only if he was always the one being my fun of. He came across very well. Take care.
@BeazleyStudios
Жыл бұрын
I've been reading Mel Brooks' autobiography and in the chapter about making the Producers, he talks about the play within the movie, Springtime for Hitler, and his point of view was that by making Nazis and Hitler the butt of the jokes, you essentially take away their power.
@TRIChuckles
Жыл бұрын
I have to find it thanks I sort of think that too. I really like Mel Brooks.
@pattyamato8758
Жыл бұрын
My mother didn't want us to watch Hogan's Heroes. She'd lived through the war (though in the US) and said this was not a thing to joke about
@thomascunningham6284
Жыл бұрын
As a kid in the 1970s, I always wondered how anyone can create a comedy with World War II and the Holocaust as the backdrop.
@johnrandell7496
Жыл бұрын
Was this movie called Trial at Nuremberg?
@pattyamato8758
Жыл бұрын
Yes
@artiefischel2579
Жыл бұрын
@@pattyamato8758 No, "Judgement at Nuremberg".
@pattyamato8758
Жыл бұрын
Artie Fischel - I was wrong, thanks
@keith2218
Жыл бұрын
Hooogaannnn!
@jarberwoks8399
Жыл бұрын
14 years later I see Col Klink. When did he get transferred?
@timengineman2nd714
Жыл бұрын
See my comment on the three main recurring German Cast! (Oh BTW, Major Hochsetter was also played by a Jewish Actor!)
@jarberwoks8399
Жыл бұрын
@@timengineman2nd714 I believe all Germans (or at least main characters) were played by Jews in Hogans Heroes
@timengineman2nd714
Жыл бұрын
@@jarberwoks8399 Yes, they were as well as one of the prisoners who was actually in a Concentration camp during the war!!! (He recently died.)
@jamessimms415
Жыл бұрын
@@timengineman2nd714 Howard Cain (MAJ Hochstettler) was also an award winning Bluegrass Banjo player
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