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Whisper joke
Whisper jokes (from the German ''Flüsterwitze'') are jokes that cannot be told in public because they address taboo subjects. In totalitarian dictatorships, whisper jokes often criticise authorities.
==Whisper jokes in Nazi Germany==
Whisper jokes spread in Germany under the Nazi regime of Adolf Hitler, and served different purposes. Inside Germany, the jokes voiced criticism against the totalitarian dictatorship which otherwise would have been subject to persecution. They could thus be seen as a form of resistance. In the occupied areas, and here especially in the Ghettos, whisper jokes can be interpreted as a means of a survival mechanism.
The following is an example of a whisper joke (translated from German):
Dear good Lord, please make me dumb,
that I don't go to a concentration camp.
Dear good Lord please make me deaf,
that I don't tamper with the radio.
Dear good Lord please make me blind,
that I think everything is fine:
If I'm deaf and dumb and blind,
I am Adolf’s favourite child...
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