Ghetto Folklore
Shimon Huberband
1941
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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Good night, wide world.
Big, stinking world.
Not you, but I, slam the gate.
In my long robe,
With my flaming, yellow patch,
With my proud gait,
At my own command—
I return to the ghetto.
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