Is Mocking Fanatical Hitler Antisemetic?

On my friends' daily email chain, a video ridiculing Hitler's fanaticism by subtitling his German speech with English subtitles... that were a mock of Hitler betting on the Dallas Cowboys and losing; was met with such a forceful and stern rebuke by another of my friends that left me with the question: When did mocking Hitler become grounds to claim insensitivity towards the Holocaust and its victims?

While the Holocaust (like other genocides) should not be grounds for humor, especially at the expense of those who suffered, it is appropriate, however, to use the organizers and supporters as the butt of many jokes, lest we forget. And apparently we have, otherwise the pride of nations would never influence their people into the revolting action of genocide. We have not succeeded: In Rwanda, Bosnia and now Sudan, we see genocide again.

I do not find fault with my friend's sensitivity toward the subject that caused massive systematic murder of his ancestors. All of us empathize with the Jews (and other peoples) who suffered greatly at the hands of the Nazi regime. If everyone could just see the shoes piled high in the Holocaust Museum in DC, they may understand their own empathy that much more. Unfortunately, survivors of that time are dying from old age everyday and soon there will be no longer any principal witnesses. [There are already many that deny the event ever took place. Those people should face the jokes and humiliation as Ahmajinedad faced at Columbia]

That being said, the humor many of us found in Hitler's losing bet for the Cowboys does not make us insensitive to Holocaust victims, but instead it demonstrates that the fanaticism that Hitler employed to lead the Third Reich was truly absurd (and thereby humorous). It is a good reminder, albeit at a laugh, of how fucking crazy this guy was and the lesson we have to remember. The subject is serious, the lesson doesn't have to be.