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When the Germans elected Hitler President in 1932, everyone believed that he would bring peace, prosperity, and equality to Germany. Before the start of World War I, Germany was the most economically advanced nation in Europe. It was second in the world only coming after the United States. The aftermath of the war left Germany economically broken. The movie Swing Kids, takes place seven years after the election of Hitler in Hamburg, Germany. A group of college students defy the Hitler society through their affection for American Swing music, American slang, and fashion. American and British Jazz music, along with music produced by African Americans and Jewish, were among those banned in Germany but these group of young men secretly would get together to listen and dance to it. As their antics increased, their boldness got them in trouble with the Hitler authority. The impact of their frolic is seen to have impacted their friends and family highly.
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