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appalachiablue

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2. Wish I'd seen it, and after reading more about the environment

Wed Dec 16, 2020, 06:35 PM

Dec 2020

in Nazi Germany in the 1930s and 1940s, I appreciate these kids love of life, music, democracy and liberalism even more.

The film looks very enjoyable, love the music, clothes and story.

In 1993 if I'd seen it I might have thought it a bit 'too Hollywood,' but not now; I'm glad it was made.

Many of the swingjugend were oppressed by the German authorities, arrested and imprisoned in concentration camps.

Three prominent members of the German White Rose youth resistance group were guilliotined in 1943 for condemning the Nazi regime.

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'Swing Kids' Movie Trailer (1993), Christian Bale, Kenneth Branagh: SwingJugend in Nazi Germany [View all] appalachiablue Dec 2020 OP

I saw this in the theater when it came out. The Genealogist Dec 2020 #1

Wish I'd seen it, and after reading more about the environment appalachiablue Dec 2020 #2

I found it chilling at the time The Genealogist Dec 2020 #3

Thanks, interesting that it included the brutal, realistic side appalachiablue Dec 2020 #4

Thank you! riverwalker Dec 2020 #5

For sure, I hope to watch it on Netflix or Amazon soon. appalachiablue Dec 2020 #6

It is a good movie, I saw it many years ago. sarisataka Dec 2020 #7

That's what I thought, Amazon will have it. I would have appalachiablue Dec 2020 #8