Genuine POWs felt the same way about “Hogan’s Heroes”.
Genuine POWs felt the same way about “Hogan’s Heroes”.
Hogan's Heroes was created in order to mock and belittle the Nazis. Jews like John Bannon, Werner Klemperer, Robert Clary, and Leon Askin participated in that series specifically to mock the Germans. It was their revenge, so to speak.
I don't know about MASH, but considering the people involved in creating/running the show, I would doubt that it had the same purpose.
The British were annoyed with the movie THE GREAT ESCAPE because, in the true story, it was all British and Commonwealth POWs.