Word: galgenhumor
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Dates: during 1945-1945
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...cadaverous skull. He tried to pass the time by reading a book of Bavarian folk tales, but was much disturbed by stomach cramps, which made him rock back & forth on his bench. (Unimpressed, his U.S. doctor advised him to keep rocking.) The only display of what the Germans call Galgenhumor (humor of the gallows) came from ex-Youth Leader Baldur von Schirach. Said he, as he was served dinner in his cell: "If the victuals continue to get better, they'll be serving us steak by the time they hang...
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