Ghetto Folklore
Jokes
1
The Führer inquires of General Franco, “Comrade, how did you solve the Jewish problem?”
Franco answers, “I instituted the yellow badge.”
“That’s nothing,” says Hitler. “I imposed tributes, instituted ghettos, lessened their food rations, imposed forced labor.” He goes on, enumerating a long list of edicts and persecutions.
Finally, Franco…
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