Nazi Propaganda In Swing Kids

In 1939, Nazi Germany declared war on the freedom of its youth in Germany. But a group arose from the battlefields of war. They were called the “Swing Kids”. This was a group of youth children that rebel toward the Nazi’s with their swing music that originated in America. With this new era of swing music extra punishment was put toward the youth from the Nazi’s. Kids all over the world rebelled against this Nazi stand. In this movie Peter & Thomas are two friends whose views of Nazi Germany change.

Before Hitler Youth the three main characters Peter, Thomas, And Arvid were the best of friends. They always hung out together. The group of friends went to swing parties at the dance hall and just had a good time together. During the day they would go to arvid’s house to go listen to old records and try and guess what it is, just for fun. Arvid was a cripple, and Peter made fun of him for it. The two boys Arvid & Peter always bickered about him being crippled. But Thomas would always be there for his friend when he was being made fun of. In the
This is called Propaganda. In the movie “Swing Kids”, the propaganda targeted the youth kids so they could grow up and join HJ. The propaganda affected the three boys and their friendship and loyalty that they once had. The two oldest guys were very affected by the Nazi propaganda and eventually joined the Hitler Youth. This is where they were pulled even deeper into the Nazi world. The guitar player Arvid hated the idea and eventually it turned their friendship against each other, Arvid hates this Nazi rule and kills himself. After the two remaining boys heard about that Arvid had killed him, they turned against each other. Thomas defending the Hitler Youth and Peter defended what he stood for. They became enemies of each other. With both Peter and Thomas not on each other’s side they went to a war with each other which led to bad thoughts about each