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Who were the German teens who rebelled against Hitler?

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Who were the German teens who rebelled against Hitler?

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These were teens who were German but didn't follow Hitlers rules or acts. They would grow out their hair & wear fashionable clothes. They listened to swing music, which was seen as black music to the Nazis. They also called themselves the The Edelweiss Pirates or The swing youth.

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These were teens who were German but didn't follow Hitlers rules or acts. They would grow out their hair & wear fashionable clothes. They listened to swing music, which was seen as black music to the Nazis. They also called themselves the The Edelweiss Pirates or The swing youth.

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What happened to all the members of the edelweiss Pirates?

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What happened to all the members of the edelweiss Pirates?

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Later when the teens were caught, most of them were sent to a concentration camp even though they were German. Most of them were hanged, but one boy escaped.

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Later when the teens were caught, most of them were sent to a concentration camp even though they were German. Most of them were hanged, but one boy escaped.

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Listen to this episode from Working Class History on Spotify. Podcast episode about anti-fascist youth cultural movements in Nazi Germany before and during World War II. In particular we look at the German Edelweiss Pirates and Swing Kids, and in our patreon bonus episode we also speak about the French Zazous and the Austrian Schlurfs.Our podcast is brought to you by our patreon supporters.

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The Edelweiss Pirates were first discovered in the late 1930s.

In October 1944, 13 teens all of them were hung in full view of the public.