He has cast himself as a prankish Jew who wins the heart of a pretty maiden (Nicoletta Braschi); fathers a cute, skinny boy; and gets carted off by the Nazis to a death camp.
The prankish Jew was wheeled away to a Nazi concentration camp. 
mnli hypothesis: The prankish Jew was wheeled away to a Nazi concentration camp.  premise: He has cast himself as a prankish Jew who wins the heart of a pretty maiden (Nicoletta Braschi); fathers a cute, skinny boy; and gets carted off by the Nazis to a death camp.