Talk:Hogan's Heroes
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"The show later became popular in Germany. In response to both sensitivities over Nazism and German laws which prohibit Nazi symbolism, when German characters raised their arms and said "Heil Hitler" in the original version, the dubbed German version would replace that line with something ridiculous, such as "The wheat grows this high"."
this is somewhat misleading. Maybe there are different dubbings, but the Nazis are Nazis and evil in the german version. German law indeed prohibits Nazi symbolism, but with the exception of educational and scientific uses and of art. As this series shows the Nazis as bad, there is no problem with german laws.
"Many have also seen the interaction between the prisoners as being at least somewhat inspired by the black comedy motion picture about a World War II German POW camp, Stalag 17. This movie even had a Sergeant Schultz, who appeared genial but was actually in league with the traitor among the prisoners."
I also noticed this one afternoon when Stalag 17 was on television, but according to one or more books which I can't remember the title of, this is merely a coincidence.