Deutsche Welle
Europe · 1 hrs ago
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Swing Youth: In Nazi Germany, jazz was an act of defiance
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The Swing Youth were teenage groups in Nazi Germany who embraced jazz music as an act of rebellion against the Nazi regime's suppression of the genre as 'degenerate art' despite its popular appeal.
Swing Youth: In Nazi Germany, jazz was an act of defiance
The Nazis denounced jazz music as "degenerate art," despite its widespread popularity in Germany. As the Nazis clamped down on expression, groups of jazz-loving teenagers formed the Swing Youth to rebel.
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