'The film Swing Kids provides much insight into why young Germans feared and revered the Nazis.'The film Swing Kids, directed by Thomas Carter, is set in Germany shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War. The story focuses on a group of friends, Peter, Thomas and Arvid, who share a passion for the underground swing music movement. Swing music was seen as a symbol of rebellion among German youth of the time because it was strongly disapproved of by the Nazis. The Nazis believed that Germans who listened to a type of music created by African Americans and widely played by Jews were traitors to their country. This was due to the Nazis' adoption of the Aryan ideal of the "super race", which meant you had to have at least three generations free from non-Aryan ancestry. Those who opposed the ideal and those who did not adapt to it were considered impure and harmful to the rise of Germany. The Aryan ideal was linked to the extreme anti-Semitism shown to the Jewish people, who were used by the Nazis as a scapegoat for Germany's problems and their downfall after the First World War. fear or reverence. Many people simply followed Nazi policies to stay out of trouble and avoid persecution whether they agreed with the policies they were following or not because the need for safety was more important to the people. The film Swing Kids provides examples of how young people in Germany loved the Nazis and feared them. Those who sought power admired them and wanted to be part of the movement, and those who were possible targets of the Nazis lived in fear of them. The Aryan ideal was the…center of the card…suicide, unable to face the fear of punishment by the Nazis. I think the unprecedented rise of the Nazi Party was partly due to the circumstances in Germany after the collapse of the Weimar Republic. Many people in Germany lived in crippling poverty, and the country was struggling to find stability after the World War. Furthermore, many people were still angry about the way Germany had been treated by the Allies in the Treaty of Versailles. Hitler and his Nazis seized the opportunity and presented a united, organized front that promised to once again make Germany a great and powerful nation. By blaming the Jews and other sectors of society for all of the country's problems, Hitler united the Germans by giving them someone to blame. This led to young Germans being caught in the middle of following the Nazi cause or opposing it.