The story mentions that the Hitler actor is "swishy" and that the Nazi flag can't be shown so they use a sausage & pretzel. Real Hitler had a private balcony in the theater where it is being performed.
Audience members are all given a small flag of their own, which they wave enthusiastically when showgirls clad as storm-troops swing their legs in swastika formation and belt out the big song of the evening:
And now it's ...
Springtime for Hitler and Germany
Deutschland is happy and gay!
We're marching to a faster pace
Look out, here comes the master race!
With a swishy Hitler playing the lead Übermensch, a pretzel on his Nazi armband and a Busby Berkeley dance extravaganza sending up the whole business, who could take the lyrics seriously? But would the audience have been more receptive to the racist poppycock if German law allowed them to wave flags with real Nazi swastikas?
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