Levka"How Germans took a stand against Nazis by dancing to ‘degenerate’ swing music
What started as escapism became a tool to rebuke fascism.
Jazz became a worldwide sensation throughout the 1920s, and Germany was no exception. However, as the political climate grew darker in the 1930s, jazz music also became a way for young people to rebel against a fascist regime.
Under Nazi ideology, jazz was labeled as 'degenerate music' ('entartete Musik') for its obvious roots in Black culture, not to mention that many musicians who played jazz were Jewish.
Restrictions gradually manifested: first, broadcasting of jazz was prohibited, then individual artists were banned, followed by listening to any non-German radio station, which did play propaganda-filled 'Aryanized' jazz.
(. . .)
However, over the years, there would be Gestapo raids, arrests, forced entry into the Hitler Youth, and, in some cases, being sent to concentration camps. Even for those detained, jazz remained a tool of resistance. Some reportedly sang and danced to Louis Armstrong’s 'Jeepers Creepers' while being held prisoner. Erich Pechmann, who was held in a French concentration camp, was said to have sung the blues song and even used his voice to imitate jazz instrument."
kloßartig
Protyus A. Gendher
Mr B's Ukulele
Steam Powered Frisbee 🥏
Jorge Luis ⁂
100D
Cladrite Radio
TKb0iZ (quiet arc)
Lamissol