Hogan's Heroes
POW camp comedy
Hogan's Heroes is an American television sitcom that aired from 1965 to 1971, set in a German prisoner-of-war camp during World War II.
The show portrayed Allied prisoners running a sabotage operation under the noses of bumbling Nazi guards.
The premise—treating a Nazi POW camp as comedy—was controversial, though several cast members were Jewish refugees who had fled Nazi persecution.
The show remains in syndication and cultural memory: It's like something out of Hogan's Heroes.
- SchultzGerman-origin family name
- POWCaptured military personnel
- prisoner of warDetained military personnel
- NaziGerman fascist party member
- sitcomEpisodic TV comedy series
laugh track · WWII · World War II · tunnels · tunnel system · barracks · escape · Germans · comedy · prisoners · Luftwaffe · sabotage · monocle · bumbling · underground · resistance · CBS · Carter
- Military TV/FilmMASH, Band of Brothers, The Pacific, JAG, NCIS
- war humormilitary humor, MASH, Catch-22, Beetle Bailey, war comics
- War SatireCatch-22, Dr. Strangelove, MASH, The Great Dictator, Slaughterhouse-Five
Hogan's HeroesSchindler's List
Band of Brothers · The Pianist · The Pacific · Saving Private Ryan · Das Boot
Hogan's HeroesInglourious Basterds
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