Swing Under the Nazis: Jazz as a Metaphor for Freedom

Swing Under the Nazis: Jazz as a Metaphor for Freedom

For a brief time in a Europe threatened and then occupied by Nazi Germany, jazz was heard as ubiquitously as rock ' n' roll is today. In a personal search for the story of that time, Mike Zwerin spent two years traveling across Europe talking with individuals who performed and enjoyed jazz in Hitler's dark shadow, including the Ghetto Swingers, a Jewish jazz band that "toured" Auschwitz and Theresienstadt; the Luftwaffe pilot who listened to Glenn Miller while bombing London; Django Reinhardt, the brilliant guitarist who refused to flee Nazi-controlled France; and many others.
Country USA
Brand UNKNO
Manufacturer Cooper Square Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 45 b&w photographs
UnitCount 1
UPCs 683865010751
EANs 9780815410751
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

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