Swing kids The Swing Kids (German: Swingjugend) were a group of jazz and swing lovers in Germany in the 1930s‚ mainly in Hamburg (St. Pauli) and Berlin. They were composed of 14- to 18-year-old boys and girls in high school‚ most of them middle- or upper-class students‚ but some apprentice workers as well. They sought the British and American way of life‚ defining themselves in swing music and opposing the National-Socialist ideology‚ especially the Hitlerjugend. The name "SwingKids"
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Weston Miller Miller1 Mr. S. Torok CHC2D1 Friday‚ April 19‚ 2013 Swing Kids The 1993 drama “Swing Kids” starring Robert Sean Leonard and Christian Bale is overall a very good movie. The film is set in Nazi ruled Germany in the year 1939 and tells the incredible story of three boys and their love and fight for swing music. Swing Kids is a remarkable display of directing and acting talent. Thomas Carter’s eye for camera technique lends the feeling of actually being alongside the
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Swing music is a faster form of jazz music widely popular in this era. Swing was very easy to dance to‚ as very evident in this movie. Many swing dances were structured and designed for two people to dance. This fast music definitely inspired some actions taken by the swing kids. First of all‚ the music itself was obviously adorned by these kids. This meant that they also loved the people making the music. This was controversial
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Swing Kids Before and during World War II was a tough time to live in Nazi Germany. The new laws and way of life during this period affected society of all ages in numerous different ways. New political and social groups were formed both to support and oppose the Nazi and the Gestapo leaders. One of these groups was known as the Swing Kids who listened to Jewish and black swing music and danced at illegal clubs against the Nazis. The movie‚ “Swing Kids”‚ explains this group of teenagers. The
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Swing Kids 1. Hamburg‚ Germany. 1939. The main character‚ a young‚ German man named Peter Muller‚ was very traumatized by what the Nazi’s and Gestapo (the terrorist political police of the Nazi regime founded by Hermann Göring‚ whose purpose was to persecute all political opponents of the Nazi regime) did to his father. Over the course of the movie‚ Peter went through a change; he saw his father in a new light‚ and realized what really mattered in the world around him. Peter’s father was a violinist
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When three friends are pressured by the government and each other‚ what choices will they make to strengthen or weaken their friendship? When people are pressured into things‚ does the character change? Is it a good or bad way. In the movie "Swing Kids" Peter‚ Thomas‚ and Aarvid made choices that reflect the strengths and weaknesses of their friendship. Peter is almost the head of there little group‚ and the choices he makes determines what everyone else thinks and does. For example‚ Peter
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the Nazi’s should find swing music to be more beneficial than unlawful‚ for the sheer fact that it will increase revenue towards the war‚ and decrease criminal like behaviors. Individuals express their emotions in a variety of ways. The most common way one expresses their emotions is through music. Music allows one to express his/her feelings‚ reducing anxiety and depression‚ and remains a constant when nothing else is. For that reason‚ it would be smart to reinstate swing music into Germany. Think
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operations can also be used in fine job. In particular‚ be used for underground crushing operations and in small mobile crusher unit. Jaw crusher works by means of the activities of jaw plate periodically close to or away from fixed jaw plate of the swing movement into the crushing chamber so that the material be squeezed‚ splitting‚ bending and impact the role of fragmentation. Broken
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In the movies “Swing Kids” and “The Wave” both portray the actions and ways of Hitler and the German Nazis and show the power of propaganda‚ brainwashing‚ and indoctrination. Hyperinflation and the Treaty of Versailles were the main circumstances under which national socialism arose. “Swing Kids” takes place in Hamburg‚ 1939‚ right on the brink of World War II. Hitler has already taken over and many children and young adults are part of HJ‚ or Hitler Jugend. The main characters of “Swing Kids” are in love with swing music
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Swing kids is the movie directed by Thomas carter in 1993.The movie visualizes the life of people living in Germany during 1939s.Depicting to the life story of 1939s Hamburg‚ Germany the swing was the main form of recreation that could make young kids forget everything about the dominance of Nazi government. It shows how miserable was the life of the people and how Nazis used to control over the people. By specializing certain characters in the movie‚ the movie depicts the lightness and darkness
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