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Potápky
Potápky (males, "The Grebes") and bedly (females, "The Parasol mushroom, Parasol Mushrooms") were a Czech urban youth subculture primarily defined by the interest in American culture, primarily in swing music. It corresponded to the subcultures of ''Swingjugend'' (literally "Swing Youth", commonly translated as "Swing Kids") in Nazi Germany and ''zazou'' in France at the same time period.Petr Koura, Swingová mládež a nacistická okupační moc v protektorátu Čechy a Morava' ("The swing kids and the Nazi occupational power in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia"), Ph.D. Thesis, 2010 ("A Student in the Protectorate and His Free Time") Potápky were distinguished by their eccentric fashion ("zoot suit", de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swingjugend
The Swing Youth () were a youth counterculture of jazz and swing lovers in Germany formed in Hamburg in 1939. Primarily active in Hamburg and Berlin, they were composed of 14- to 21-year-old Germans, mostly middle or upper-class students, but also including some in the working class. They admired the " American way of life", defining themselves in swing music and opposing Nazism, especially the Hitler Youth (). They loosely structured themselves into “clubs” with names such as the Harlem Club, the OK Gang, and the Hot Club. This underground subculture, distinctly nonconformist with a focus on African-American music, was active in the German youth scene. Despite being largely apolitical and unstructured, the Swing Youth were targeted and, in some cases, repressed by the Nazi government. Name The name ' was a parody of the numerous youth groups that were organised by the Nazis, such as the '. The youth also referred to themselves as ''Swings'' or ' ("Swingity"); members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |