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an ee ee . ~ 4 c February 9, 1939 Pected jf and when the narrator is caught “Ti: story is good for six mMooths in a concentration camp” or “this one wil! land you in Dachau for at least a yvar.” Here's a fable said to be good for two years. . A cow, a slog and a jackass were Clever enoucl) to escape from Ger- ‘ Many with the advent of Hitler. After 1. *, a few years in Antwerp, the refugees became nostsicic, longed for their Fatherland. They decided to go back ~—if it were possible. First to try was the cow, Three days in Berlin and she - Was back with ber friends, haggard ~-* and worn. “They're too much for me, ye those Nazis,” nivaned the cow. “They '. ° Want to milk you every balf-hour.” * ‘The dog, however, was not to be “frightened off, and back he went to Frankfurt, Four days later he re- 7 | tumed, tail between his legs, tongue 1 hanging out. “A dog can’t live in _. Germany today,” he panted. “No mat- ter what you do. you get kicked : around.” Despite the bad tidings, the : Jackass decided to try it too; he had _ Confidence in his tough skin. Weeks passed and the jackass failed to re- turn. Anxious, bis friends went to look for bim. In the south of Germany, . they met a cat. “The jackass?” the ___ Cat exclaimed, in response to their “queries, “Why, he's very well off in ' * the Third Reich. All he had to do was fo bob his head as usual and won . bray ‘Ja—ah?’ Hitler has just made t f be governor of 3 new province!” . .’ With ‘freedom of the press extinct, the whispers take the place of opposi-. ded eT ak a ! + Germans meet, the whispers pepper away at Hitler, Told once, the effect of a gag is of course wholly insigni- ficant. Told a thousand times—and a million times—a single joke takes on tremendous importance. Multiply this by the countless Flisterwitze in the. wind and the slow and steady under- mining of the Nazi system becomes apparent. To the forces fighting Hit- ler within Germany, the barrages of ridicule constitute @ primary siege, J one oe Hi. 4 1 paving the way for The major conflict to come, ; How the volume of Flisterwitse has swelled in recent years is illus- trated by the story of a waggish lawyer arrested one night for being the life of a party. The S. A. commandant sentenced him to a concentration camp until he had finished telling all | the known jokes about Hitler. That 4 was three months ago. He is stil) ip: