The National Socialist solution to the problem, imposed by some of the most militant “control freaks” in world history, was apparently less than a total success. Later, at the height of the war in early 1944, the Reich Ministry of Justice lamented:
“(...)One of the most striking appearances among dangerous groups within the Reich is the so-called Swing Youth. They are reported to exist in many different parts of the country….These cliques begin their activities out of a selfish impulse to amuse themselves, but rapidly deteriorate into anti-social criminal gangs. Even before the war, boys and girls from the elite social set in Hamburg would get together dressed in notorious baggy or loose clothing and become entranced under the spell of English music and English dance.
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