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Never Losing a Jewish Sense of Humor: Laughter as a Survival Mechanism During the Holocaust

14 April 2023

Al Kustanowitz, author and blogger-in-chief at Jewish Humor Central, joins VOI's Molly Livingstone in-studio and reveals how humor was used by Jews during the Holocaust as a coping mechanism against their plight in concentration camps, where the Nazis -- threatened by the ability of Jews to laugh, even under such horrific conditions -- had outlawed jokes.

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