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What: Protested and resisted the Nazi Regime by using jazz and swing music for fun, and as a way of life, even though it was highly disapproved of by the Nazis.
When: This movement occured 1939-1945, or World War II.
Where: The swing movement occured across Europe, with some key central points being Hamburg, and Frankfurt, Germany.

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This movement was mainly made up of people of all sorts, but mostly children, across Europe. However, some people who were in this movement are Junga Madlung, Inga Madlung, Tommie Scheel, and Herbert Schemmel.

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Details: -In the main areas of the Swingjugend, such as Hamburg, Berlin, the Gestapo, or (sort of) Nazi police, tortured and interrogated swing children, and ended up sending them to camps or forcing them into suicide.

-Jazz and swing music was very highly disapproved of by Nazis, so the swing kids used it as a way of life to resist, and these swing groups became a (practically) political matter in Germany.

-The Nazi regime despised jazz because it was the opposite of what Adolf Hitler believed to be the “perfect race”- its black roots, and how it was perceived to be “Jewish music.”

-Even before the swing children movement became more political (although never a complete political movement), Nazis would beat and hurt the swing children.
-Although jazz was banned, swing was never 100% banned. This is how swing kids were able to use it to their advantage.

Dates: -Secret ‘dance schools’ were created for swing children to meet and dance.

-Children would sneak and sit on rooftops to listen to the illegal music, using lookout shifts so they would not get spotted by the Gestapo.

-Sometimes at night, swing kids would cover their windows with bedsheets, and then sing swing songs.

-While working at munitions factories, during pauses, people in the movement could secretly sing and play jazz and swing.

-Herbert Schemmel was able to secretly get his jazz records sent to him in camp through a loophole through SS prisoner concessions.

Important Facts: -The Nazis did use Jazz with soldiers, but it was changed to have a more German style, further showing Germany's extreme dictatorship during this time.
-Another term that was used for ‘swing boys’ and ‘swing girls’ was “Schlurf.”

-Swing and jazz were, in earlier stages of the Nazi regime, actually thought of by the Nazi leaders as a good type of music.

-People in the swing movement would use “Swing Heil!” as a greeting, or hello.
-The concentration camps that people under 18 had to go to were like junior concentration camps, which were called Jugendschutzlager.

-Swing kids sang songs such as ‘Jeepers Creepers,’ ‘Caravan,’ ‘The Flat Foot Floogie,’ ‘Sweet Sue, Just You,’ and more.

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Describe the Impact to the world/their country:

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The Nazis were never able to take full control over the Swingjugend movement, and so now, because of these peoples' bravery, every Jewish person can play and sing swing and jazz once again, and just overall express their true self.

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Explain what happened after the act(s) of resistance.  What was the final impact, or result?

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Explain what happened after the act(s) of resistance.  What was the final impact, or result?

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Jazz and swing were and are very closely tied to the holocaust. Because of the popularity of jazz and swing, the holocaust resisters or victims are remembered so much more than they would have been, if they had not taken the actions, and risks, that they had.

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Find an additional relevant website so others can learn more about your topic and/or select a quote about the event or person or one made by one of the resisters.

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Find an additional relevant website so others can learn more about your topic and/or select a quote about the event or person or one made by one of the resisters.

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(I changed the quote slightly to alter the bad word.)
The quote is from swing kid Tommie Scheel:
"We were going to tell these dumb, bad people that we were different, that was all."

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A rare photo of some of the real swing kids

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ydAcVIMRQM&t=51s