The Nazi regime classified jazz music as 'degenerate art,' yet it remained popular in Germany. In reaction to the suppression of free expression, the Swing Youth, a group of jazz enthusiasts, formed to celebrate and promote jazz music as an act of defiance.
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The Nazi regime classified jazz music as 'degenerate art,' yet it remained popular in Germany. In reaction to the suppression of free expression, the Swing Youth, a group of jazz enthusiasts, formed to celebrate and promote jazz music as an act of defiance.
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