Remembering cabaret artists who, even in the darkest years of German history, used the weapon of the word to resist the rulers' abuse of power. In cabaret basements - such as the "Catacomb" and the "Cabaret of Comedians" in Berlin or the "Pfeffermühle" in Munich - word acrobats tried to prevent the "Third Reich", then fight it and finally at least, with parodies, satires and whispered jokes to survive.—VHS Dortmund