BERLIN — The case of the businessman who taught his dog to raise his paw at the command “Hitler” may never go down in the annals of Third Reich history as consequential, but it has given people here a reason to laugh, not at the nation’s sinister deeds but at those who were responsible.

TAMRA GROUP IMAGE BANK, VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tor Borg and his dog Jackie. The dog had been trained to react to the command 'Hitler" by raising a paw.