Swing Under the Nazis: Jazz as a Metaphor for FreedomThey included the Ghetto Swingers, a Jewish jazz band that "toured" Auschwitz and Theresienstadt; the Luftwaffe pilot who listened to Glenn Miller while bombing London; the Berlin swing gangs and Zazous (Parisian jazz enthusiasts) who risked persecution and imprisonment for the opportunity to dance openly to prohibited swing records; Django Reinhardt, the brilliant guitarist who refused to flee Nazi-controlled France; and many others.". |
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Third Reich in 44 Time | 3 |
Snarls | 5 |
The Ghetto Swingers | 17 |
Doctor Jazz | 31 |
Rosebud | 43 |
Ruins Arrests Martial Law Fear Uprisings Assassination Occupation and Death | 61 |
Unblest Historicity | 75 |
The Guitar with a Human Voice | 109 |
The Bottomless Bottom | 123 |
Out of the Game | 135 |
I Just Made it up | 139 |
La Tristesse de Saint Louis | 145 |
Zazou Hey | 147 |
The Bête Noire | 163 |
My Blue Heaven | 173 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Swing Under the Nazis: Jazz as a Metaphor for Freedom |
| Authors | Michael Zwerin, Mike Zwerin |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield, 2000 |
| ISBN | 0815410751, 9780815410751 |
| Length | 197 pages |
| Subjects | › › Music / Genres & Styles / Jazz Music / History & Criticism |
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