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Extraction Summary
7
People
2
Organizations
3
Locations
2
Events
1
Relationships
3
Quotes
Document Information
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Narrative excerpt / book page (house oversight file)
File Size:
1.68 MB
Summary
This document appears to be a page from a book or narrative report included in House Oversight files (Bates stamped HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015363). It recounts a specific performance by comedian Lenny Bruce in Chicago where he impersonated Adolf Eichmann to make a point about war crimes and Harry Truman. The text details the subsequent police raid where Bruce was arrested for obscenity and audience member George Carlin was arrested for disorderly conduct after refusing to show ID.
People (7)
| Name | Role | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Lenny | Comedian/Performer |
Lenny Bruce; described performing a controversial set and being arrested for obscenity.
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| Jean-Paul Sartre | Author |
Author of a study on anti-Semitism read by Lenny.
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| Thomas Merton | Poet |
Author of a poem about the Holocaust referenced by Lenny.
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| Adolf Eichmann | Historical Figure |
Persona adopted by Lenny during the performance.
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| Harry Truman | Former US President |
Referenced in Lenny's monologue regarding war actions.
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| Jim | Unknown |
Addressed rhetorically by Lenny during the act ('...up by the balls, Jim').
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| George Carlin | Comedian/Audience Member |
Present in the audience; arrested for disorderly conduct after refusing to show ID.
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Organizations (2)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Police Department |
Arrested Lenny and George Carlin; filed a report citing obscenity.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Source of the document (implied by footer stamp HOUSE_OVERSIGHT).
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Timeline (2 events)
Same night as performance
Arrest of Lenny Bruce for obscenity and George Carlin for disorderly conduct.
Chicago
Locations (3)
| Location | Context |
|---|---|
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Location of the arrest and police report.
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Mentioned in the performance regarding bombings.
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Mentioned in the performance.
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Relationships (1)
Carlin was in the audience of Lenny's show and both were arrested in the same incident.
Full Extracted Text
Complete text extracted from the document (1,775 characters)
Lenny had been reading a study of anti-Semitism by Jean-Paul
Sartre. Now, on stage, giving credit to Thomas Merton's poem about the
Holocaust, he requested that all the lights go off except one dim blue spot.
Then he began speaking with a German accent:
Sartre. Now, on stage, giving credit to Thomas Merton's poem about the
Holocaust, he requested that all the lights go off except one dim blue spot.
Then he began speaking with a German accent:
My name is Adolf Eichmann. And the Jews came every day to what
they thought would be fun in the showers. People say I should have
been hung. Nein. Do you recognize the whore in the middle of
you–that you would have done the same if you were there
yourselves? My defense: I was a soldier. I saw the end of a
conscientious day's effort. I watched through the portholes. I saw
every Jew burned and turned into soap.
they thought would be fun in the showers. People say I should have
been hung. Nein. Do you recognize the whore in the middle of
you–that you would have done the same if you were there
yourselves? My defense: I was a soldier. I saw the end of a
conscientious day's effort. I watched through the portholes. I saw
every Jew burned and turned into soap.
Do you people think yourselves better because you burned your
enemies at long distance with missiles without ever seeing what you
had done to them? Hiroshima auf Wiedersehen. [German accent
ends.] If we would have lost the war, they would have strung Truman
up by the balls, Jim. Are you kidding with that? Not what kid told kid
told kid. They would just schlep out all those Japanese mutants.
“Here they did; there they are.” And Truman said they'd do it
again. That's what they should have the same day as Remember
Pearl Harbor. Play them in unison.
enemies at long distance with missiles without ever seeing what you
had done to them? Hiroshima auf Wiedersehen. [German accent
ends.] If we would have lost the war, they would have strung Truman
up by the balls, Jim. Are you kidding with that? Not what kid told kid
told kid. They would just schlep out all those Japanese mutants.
“Here they did; there they are.” And Truman said they'd do it
again. That's what they should have the same day as Remember
Pearl Harbor. Play them in unison.
Lenny was arrested for obscenity that night. One of the items in the
Chicago police report complained: “Then talking about the war he stated,
‘If we would have lost the war, they would have strung Truman up by the
balls.’ ” The cops also broke open Lenny's candy bars, looking for drugs.
They checked the IDs of audience members, including George Carlin, who
told the cops, “I don’ t believe in IDs.” Then they arrested him for
disorderly conduct, dragged him along by the seat of his pants and
hoisted him into the police wagon.
Chicago police report complained: “Then talking about the war he stated,
‘If we would have lost the war, they would have strung Truman up by the
balls.’ ” The cops also broke open Lenny's candy bars, looking for drugs.
They checked the IDs of audience members, including George Carlin, who
told the cops, “I don’ t believe in IDs.” Then they arrested him for
disorderly conduct, dragged him along by the seat of his pants and
hoisted him into the police wagon.
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015363
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