Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "The Great Dictator" in English language version.
Had I known of the actual horrors of the German concentration camps, I could not have made The Great Dictator, I could not have made fun of the homicidal insanity of the Nazis
Between world wars, Esperanto fared worse and, sadly, became embroiled in political power moves. Adolf Hitler wrote in Mein Kampf that the spread of Esperanto throughout Europe was a Jewish plot to break down national differences so that Jews could assume positions of authority.... After the Nazis' successful Blitzkrieg of Poland, the Warsaw Gestapo received orders to 'take care' of the Zamenhof family.... Zamenhof's son was shot... his two daughters were put in Treblinka death camp.
[Chaplin sat] for hours watching newsreels of the German dictator, exclaiming: Oh, you bastard, you!
[Chaplin sat] for hours watching newsreels of the German dictator, exclaiming: Oh, you bastard, you!
