The "crazy, wacky" actor Mel Brooks said was born to be a Nazi

The "crazy, wacky" actor Mel Brooks said was born to be a Nazi

There are few people alive in Hollywood, if any, who have as much first-hand experience with the Nazis as Mel Brooks, so when he says an actor was born to play one, you’ve got to take him at his word. After being drafted as a teenager, Brooks was a combat engineer who defused German land mines, assisted in the construction of bridges, and fought in the Battle of the Bulge, among other things. However, despite the harrowing circumstances, his com…