 Brooks, in a 2001 episode of 60 Minutes, stated that, while serving in the army, he would be called "Jew boy," and lightheartedly admitted that he made The Producers to "get even" with antisemites, particularly Hitler.In another interview, he further explained his reasoning, stating,"More than anything the great holocaust by the nazis is probably the great outrage of the Twentieth Century.There is nothing to compare with it.