Can the Holocaust be Funny?

Among those persons, events and subjects in our culture that occupy the fenced-off area marked "Handle With Care", one particular topic is additionally locked in a lead safe, wrapped in barbed wire, electrified and surrounded by a moat full of sharks: the Shoah. As the Second World War drew to a close, it became apparent to all that in Nazi-occupied Europe, shrouded by the "night and fog" of war, a special kind of evil had been wrought; no makeshift massacre in the heat of...