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
The Third Reich in 44 Time | 1 |
Snarls | 2 |
The Ghetto Swingers | 3 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Swing Under the Nazis: Jazz as a Metaphor for Freedom |
| Authors | Michael Zwerin, Mike Zwerin |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Cooper Square Press, 2000 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 20 May 2010 |
| ISBN | 0815410751, 9780815410751 |
| Length | 197 pages |
| Subjects | › › Music / Genres & Styles / Jazz Music / History & Criticism |
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