Orchestras had to follow strict rules like not exceeding 20 percent of the repertoire to jazz, and some areas outlawed swing dancing and dances. Swing music per se, however, was never completely outlawed.
Propaganda Minister Goebbels knew that music was a necessity in keeping morale up. This led to an odd duality in the way Nazi authorities dealt with jazz.
On the one hand, massive propaganda and strict rules were used to keep swing at bay. Advertisement for the exhibit on degenerate art in Salzburg, Austria in Photo courtesy of the German Federal Archives. Music is hard to regulate and this ambiguity offered many ways to circumvent rules and trick the system. Teenagers, the most ardent followers of a new musical trend, were also hard to regulate and for some of them the anti-jazz propaganda had the exact opposite effect.
Not only did it make the music more attractive, it also offered ways to access it. Some flocked to the cinemas to catch anti-American propaganda reels that showed Americans dancing the Lindy Hop so they could learn to imitate the movements. While Nazis hated jazz and every form it came in, the existence of these swing kids and their lifestyle posed a much bigger threat to their world view.
These teens and young adults that mostly knew each other from school or leisure activities, shared a love for swing, Anglo-American style and culture and were much more interested in self-indulging activities than the uniformity, military drill, and ideology of the Hitler Youth Hitler Jugend, HJ for short or the League of German girls Bund Deutscher Maedel, BDM for short.
The swing kids hence raised many red flags with Nazi authorities, most shockingly, they tended to welcome Jewish teenagers into their midst. The way the swings dressed reflected this stance on life.
Most boys would wear long, often oversized and checked sports jackets, hats with American-style brims, shoes with thick crepe soles and, in some cities, an umbrella, no matter the weather. The look varied from location and sometimes reflected differences in social background. What they all had in common was long hair-long enough to touch the collar, and slicked back in what was perceived as Hollywood style.
Visually they could not have been in starker contrast to typical Hitler Youth style. Swing girls had their own look too. Nazis were particularly concerned with the ideal German female, and the way swing girls dressed and behaved showed the world that they did not care about these ideals.
They were a threat to regulated order. The dancing was considered vulgar, inappropriate, and often connected to claims of sexual promiscuity. Further, a key element of their culture was a laissez-faire outlook on life.
Swing music is very flaming and delightful; it just likes young people in German. Those young kids are tried control by the Nazi Governmetn, and swing can let them relax and forget everything. The Swing dance scenes in the movie were much too spectacular, and I think that will let people forget that they are live in the dark.
Plus, swing kids hate Hitler very much, that's main reason that it was by the Nazi Government. Peter, Thomas, and Aarvid are swing kids and best friend in the film. They are also hate Nazi Government, Peter is almost the head of there little group, and the choices he makes determines what everyone else thinks and does. Peter is sent into the HJ's Hitle youth because of his bad behavior and not because he wants to join, and Thomas also join the HJ's and friends did.
He is a good friend and would rater be loyal to his friends rather than to his fellow HJ's. Even when his friends in the HJ try to do something against his friends he will try to stop them instead of just letting them do it.
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