What was ironic about many of the actors who played German Nazis in Hogan's Heroes?

“Who can play Nazis better than us Jews?” John Banner (who plays Schultz) remarked in an interview. In fact, four of the chief Germans in Hogan's Heroes were played by Jewish actors – Klemperer as Klink, Caine as Hochstetter, Askin as Burkhalter, and Banner as Shultz.

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