When the news broke, I thought of an episode of Hogan’s Heroes where Col. Klink was reminiscing about his pre-war outings with the Nazi program: Strength Through Joy. The program was pure ...

My latest viewing has been reruns of Hogan’s Heroes. It dawned on me that western militaries have taken Colonel Wilhem Klink as their role model for an ideal officer. Obtuse, stupid, foolish ...

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Werner Klemperer was a veteran actor who escaped Germany with his family prior to the start of World War II. Classically trained as a violinist and the son of noted conductor Otto Klemperer, he played ...

Commanding the camp of Luft Stalag 13 was the incompetent Oberst (Colonel) Wilhelm Klink, played to perfection by Werner Klemperer (1920-2000). But Klemperer was not the original choice of the ...