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The official answer from Ed Feldman – the producer – is : No But there are striking similarities (both were in German prisoner of war camps, both had a guard named Schultz etc.) Stalag 17 was a much more realistic account of what went on in prison camps during WWII. Hogan’s Heroes was a fantasy/comedy.
