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    The Second World War had significant effects on young people in Germany. Membership in the Nazi youth movement became compulsory in 1939, but its popularity decreased as leaders were drafted and enforced strict Nazi rules. Some teenagers formed opposition groups like the Swing movement, which held parties with banned American music. Working-class youth joined loosely organized groups called Edelweiss Pirates that mocked Germany through songs and mixed gender activities, facing crackdowns from the Gestapo.

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    The Second World War had significant effects on young people in Germany. Membership in the Nazi youth movement became compulsory in 1939, but its popularity decreased as leaders were drafted and enforced strict Nazi rules. Some teenagers formed opposition groups like the Swing movement, which held parties with banned American music. Working-class youth joined loosely organized groups called Edelweiss Pirates that mocked Germany through songs and mixed gender activities, facing crackdowns from the Gestapo.

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    The Second World War had significant effects on young people in Germany. Membership in the Nazi youth movement became compulsory in 1939, but its popularity decreased as leaders were drafted and enforced strict Nazi rules. Some teenagers formed opposition groups like the Swing movement, which held parties with banned American music. Working-class youth joined loosely organized groups called Edelweiss Pirates that mocked Germany through songs and mixed gender activities, facing crackdowns from the Gestapo.

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    The effect of the

    Second World War on


    young people
    Lesson Objectives

     Learn about the effect the Second World War had on young people
    Youth Movements

     Membership in Nazi youth became compulsory in 1939


     The crisis of youth movements
     Leaders drafted into the army
     New leaders enforced Nazi rules
     Other teenagers forbidden to see friends outside of the
    movement
     Focus on the war effort and military drills
     Decrease of popularity
     Opposition groups
    The ‘Swing’ Movement

     Middle-class teenagers
     Parties with English and American music
     American dances, swing and ‘jitterbug’ to jazz music
     Jews accepted in clubs
     Sex positive
     Deliberately sloppy
     Identified by Nazis as degenerate type
     Shown with unkept, long hair, or exaggeratedly
    English clothes
    The Edelweiss Pirates

     Working-class teenagers between 15 and 17 years old


     Why this age?
     Not an organized movement
     ‘The Rowing Dudes’ (Essen),‘Kittelbach Pirates’ (Dusseldorf), ‘Navajos’
    (Cologne)
     Camping during weekends
     Singing songs mocking Germany
     Included boys and girls
     Sex positive
     Gestapo broke 28 groups in December 1941
     Was the approach towards them different?
     Escalation in Cologne, 1944
    Thank you for your attention!

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