Swingjugend
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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, mos
An artistic depiction of the subculture from an exhibition at the Humboldt Forum
A monument to the "Weiße Rose" in front of LMU Munich
Prisoners at Ravensbrück concentration camp
Johannes Heesters
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Johan Marius Nicolaas Heesters, known professionally as Johannes Heesters, was a Dutch-German actor of stage, television and film, as well as a vocalist of numerous recordings and performer on the con
Swingjugend
…The bearing and behaviour of the members of the clique resembled their dress. One of their German idols was Johannes Heesters, an actor specialised in operettas. The Swingboys admired his pale face and combed long black hair and tried to copy his attire. This group consisted…
Heesters in 1964
Record of Heesters' birth
Heesters with his future wife, Louisa Ghijs, in 1928
Heesters' second wife Simone Rethel