What was hogans heroes about

Hammelburg turned out to be a delightful surprise! I would have been thrilled to be there, even if it had been dreary and boring, but it was nothing of the sort. It is a pretty little town nestled in a steep valley, with vineyards climbing the hillsides and a medieval castle close by. Stalag 13 itself isn't there, but the area that housed the officers' part of the POW camp, Oflag 13, is still being used as a military post. Many of the old buildings are gone, but some remain, and it is now occupied by the German Army.

One section is maintained as a graveyard for POW's who died there, as well as some brought from other burial sites. The camp is now the home of the German Infantry School. Consequently, Hammelburg is swarming with German soldiers, giving it an interesting twist. For more information on what Stalag 13 is like today, see Stalag 13 now. If you are curious about the history of the real Stalag 13, see Stalag 13 History. Hogan's Heroes was filmed on the back lot of Paramount Pictures.

There's a great aerial view of the TV set on retroweb. Scroll about halfway down the page to the image "40 Acres in " and click to enlarge it. The enlarged version has the movie and TV sets labeled. Stalag 13 is at the top right, above Gone with the Wind's Atlanta, and the town of Mayberry. Luft Stalag 13 is widely considered one of the toughest POW camps in all Germany, even though it is run by a very inept officer in the person of Colonel Wilhelm Klink who also has serving under him the equally inept Seargent Hans Schultz.

In over attempts there has never been a successful escape, but that's because the inmates never want to leave. This is because the camp is located in a very strategic part of Germany and a secret base under the camp is a very successful espionage and sabotage unit that also helps escaped prisoners get back to England.

The only ones who suspect anything about the operation are Klink's superior General Albert Burkhalter who was always threatening to send Klink to the Russian front for all his slip ups and Gestapo major Wolfgang Hochstetter. It looks like we don't have a Synopsis for this title yet. Alternate versions A cropped, high-definition version of the series, with a 1.

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Hogan's Heroes more clever than credited. I watched Hogan's Heroes in reruns as a kid, although not consistently. Some thirty years later I happened to catch it in reruns once more, and was surprised to discover how clever it actually was.

It was a zany and often silly lampoon of heroic war and spy movies. In order to appreciate the plots and humor, viewers actually require a fair amount of background knowledge on World War II. The show was also avant-garde for its time, one of the first in which an African-American was portrayed in a wholly positive light, as a competent and intelligent human being.

The actors were all talented and worked well together. Please go get back in the line where God is handing out a sense of humor. Hogan's Heroes had the taste and good sense to hint at the truly dark side of that regime, without ever focusing upon it. Most notably, it stayed away from the Holocaust, understanding that there really was nothing amusing about that. Read a good history of the Third Reich and you come away wondering how those bozos ever managed to stay in power for twelve years.

These were the folk who exiled, imprisoned or executed almost all of Germany's best and brightest, from Einstein to Rommel. Nazism was never good at anything beyond terrorizing the weak and murdering those who got in its way.

Step outside of modern concepts of political correctness and you realize that Hogan's Heroes gave the National Socialists exactly the sort of notoriety they deserved: dismissive ridicule.

Hitler must be writhing in his grave. FAQ 1. Details Edit. Release date September 17, United States. III, Ch. Orange was about to bat. Any half-inning of more than 13 minutes was bound to produce three or more runs, and Blue would lose. In fact Orange had only one hit, a home run. And then our right fielder caught a line drive that was tailing away from him. My next-best option also had arm trouble. I was not sure what he would give us. Would he be the pitcher who threw hard strikes?

Or would he be the pitcher I had to pull twice this year — once after only 10 pitches that yielded two walks and two hit batsmen? Only one base runner reached, and the fifth inning ended quickly. We kept our lead and would play on.