Rebellious youth in Nazi Germany

[St Germain]

Hi. What was the collective name for the rebellious youth of pre war Nazi Germany?They were into Jazz/Swing.

[shaneystar2]

Swingjugend...
A group of jazz and Swing lovers in the Germany of the 1930s, mainly in Hamburg and Berlin. They were composed of 14 to 18-year old boys and girls in high school, most of them middle or upper-class students, but some apprentice workers as well. They sought the British and American way of life, defining themselves in Swing music, and opposing the National-Socialist ideology, especially the Hitlerjugend.

[shaneystar2]

P.S. They also referred to themselves as "Swingheinis" but that is more of a slang term.

[St Germain]

That's it! Very helpful, thank you.

[MyfanwyCymru]

Perhaps among their number were future members of the (largely) young people's resistance movement in Nazi Germany - the White Rose Movement.
http://www.answers.com/topic/white-rose has lots of interesting details and links.

[con-amca]

There was a 1993 film about this called "Swing Kids". Noah Wyle (Doctor Carter of "ER") was one of the stars.