It was one of his ways to get back at the Germans.
ShadowAce got the joke at the end of the article:
“Right about now, we are gearing up for Hanukkah. Hanukkah greets winter; Purim says farewell to winter. I am already there, in a Purim mood, thinking about how Jews fought back against our enemies in ancient Persia.
How did Jews usually fight back against their enemies, especially when they were powerless?
They ridiculed them. That is what we do on Purim. We ridicule the hapless King Ahasuerus, who was an ancient version of Klink, and we lampoon the evil, genocidal Haman.
Now I know why Klemperer, Banner, Askin, Clary, and Cohen were so eager to appear in “Hogan’s Heroes.”
They were fighting back in a traditional Jewish style — making Nazis absurd.
It was to have been their dead relatives’ only partial victory — a raised middle finger, from the grave, to the Nazis.
May Robert Clary now join Klemperer, Banner, Askin, and Cohen in the World to Come.
May they be laughing, into eternity, at the ones whose names and memories should be blotted out.”
PS - - I wasted a few minutes perusing that guys’ website. He’s an ultra “progressive” reform rabbi who loves democracy so much he hopes the recently elected Bibi and Ben Gvir drop dead, and if they don’t, he urges every synagogue and Jewish institution in the U.S. should CANCEL them because of their PRO ISRAEL POLICIES.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s a big advocate of baby killing, as well as the transgaygenda™️.
I have heard this before.
I will also point out that Mel Brooks has been doing the same schtick.