Talk:Werner Finck

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Are you sure it's brave soldier although German brav and English brave are false friends? <KF> 22:20, August 17, 2005 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 03:19, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Anecdotes

Finck often played with double meanings which makes translation of his jokes difficult if not impossible. Maybe this one can be understood. The anecdote also sheds a light on Finck's character: Like Till Eulenspiegel, he would put a good joke above anything else, and he was amazingly fearless in provoking the Nazis.

It has been said that, towards the end of World War II, Finck went to a Nazi party office. He was received by a leading member of the local party division. The man had little time and lots of worries as the Allies were approaching the city. He was busy destroying files and other evidence which could be used against him or other party members after the war.

When the party man opened the door upon Finck's knock, Finck said, "I'd like to enter...", and the party man asked, "come in - what do you want?". Finck continued, "... the party." The party man - probably understanding that he was being had - grew angry and shouted, "you can't do that anymore!". Finck grinned and said in a tone of satisfaction, "that's what I wanted to hear", turned around and left.

Finck could have been killed for that joke. But he ran the risk as it offered him a chance to get even with the Nazis in his own way.

--84.163.193.88 (talk) 09:57, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Conflict between article and published book

In the book On Borrowed Time by Leonard Mosley, Pyramid Books, published October 1971, original copyright 1969 there are several references pages 145 - 153 that Werner Finck performed at the "Kabarett de Komiker in Berlin during 1936 - 1939. This conflicts with the article stating he had joined the Wehrmacht in 1931.Walter M. Clark (talk) 19:32, 3 February 2011 (UTC)