Jewish Humor in the Holocaust: Humor as a survival strategy. - Paperback

by Lázaro Droznes (Author)

Through humor, the Jewish people were able to preserve their dignity and feel that they were still human beings, despite all the Nazi attempts to destroy in them every vestige of humanity. Jewish humor is a way of processing pain and suffering. In that magical moment in which the flash of a joke appears, hunger disappears, the soup kitchens, forced labor, typhus, the dead on the sidewalks, the black market, meal cards, deportations to the East and the endless sufferings experienced for one reason only: to be a Jew. Humor could transform pessimism into optimism. Resignation into hope. Present into the future. Through humor the Jewish people have performed their supreme work of sabotage: survival. It has prevented their weaknesses from being stronger than their strengths. Humor is the secret weapon of the Jewish people. The Nazis have not understood it because the Nazis have not had a sense of humor. German is similar to Yiddish, but without a sense of humor. Humor before, during and after the Second World War has been a space of freedom in hell where it was possible to be optimistic and leave pessimism for better times. The people who do not laugh are dead before they die. The Jewish people have known how to laugh to survive. Every day there was only one thought: just one more day. In those dark days when the future was no longer what it had been and where everyone expected tomorrow to have a better future, humor was the key to enable survival. In this book you will find a series of phrases, jokes and monologues, which portray vividly and unforgettably those sinister days of the Holocaust where one people tried to exterminate another through industrial procedures. The jokes allow you, through a smile, to exercise your memory, avoid forgetfulness, and make sure that the story does not happen again. Neither to the Jewish people nor to any other. Purchase this book and experience the bittersweet mixture involved in laughing and suffering at the same time

Author Biography

Playwright and writer and in both Spanish and English with numerous published theater plays depicting social and political aspects of our society and historical myths from Argentina as well as the rest of the world. Featured plays English Titles: ASTOR&NADIA. The meeting of Astor Piazzolla with Nadia Boulanger that changed the tango. FREUD IN LOVE The women of Sigmund Freud DIRTY. SHORTY. FUNNY.SEXY. WITTY. ONE LINER JOKES One liner jokes to exercise oral sex at home and at work. THE JEWISH NUN Jew, atheist, philosopher, feminist, Catholic nun, martyr, Saint and Co- patron of Europe. MORE! DIRTY, FUNNY. SEXY. WITTY. ONE LINER JOKES The Second Volume with the best dirty one liners to practice oral sex at home or at the office. NAZI FATHER, JEWISH SON Spanish titles ANGELES RECOLETOS. Los muertos reviven la historia argentina en la Recoleta ASTOR&NADIA. El encuentro entre Astor Piazzolla y Nadia Boulanger CHE COMANDANTE: El musical. ¿Revolucionario o aventurero? CHE FAUSTO. El pacto de Enrique Santos Discépolo con el Diablo. CHE GARDEL. Comedia musical del eterno zorzal DA VINCI ENAMORADO La interminable historia de amor de Da Vinci y La Gioconda. DESNAZIFICANDO A LENI La historia de Leni Riefenstahl en la Alemania nazi. EJERCICIO PLÁSTICO La increíble historia del mural de David Siqueiros por encargo de Natalio Botana ESCUELA DE SEDUCTORES Ideas, humor y ejercicios para mejorar la inteligencia sexual FREUD ENAMORADO Sigmund Freud y sus mujeres JUNG ENAMORADO Las mujeres de C.G.Jung LA MONJA JUDÍA Edith Stein: judía, atea, filósofa, feminista, católica, monja, mártir, santa y co- patrona de Europa LA PASION DE EVA PERON El mito de Orfeo recreado por Juan Domingo Perón y su mujer Evita LA PASION SEGUN GARDEL Vida y canciones del Zorzal LAS ZONAS GRISES El mundo vs. Eichmann (Miradas sobre el nazismo) LOU ANDREAS SALOMÉ La musa de Nietzche, Rilke y Freud MACBETH EN SAN VICENTE Crónica de un golpe de Estado en democracia. MARTIN FIERRO. El musical La obra de José Hernández convertida en comedia musical NORA EN AUSCHWITZ La visita de la Cruz Roja al campo de concentración de Terezin PENEDRAMA Grupo de terapia para penes en pena TANGOS PROSTIBULARIOS Tangos pornográficos para calentar la pava antes de tomarse el mate. TERAPIA DE CLITORIS Reflexiones y sugerencias de un grupo de terapia NO, NO ME ARREPIENTO DE NADA Vida y canciones de Edit Piaf YO EL POTRO Vida y canciones de Rodrigo Bueno