Youth Opposition Flashcards
Who were the edelweiss pirates
Group of young people who refused to conform to what Nazis wanted from them
Facts about the edelweiss pirates
Went on hikes and camping expeditions into the country side to get away from Nazi restrictions
Nazis weren’t threatened by their activities
They taunted the hitler youth
Read and listened to banned music and literature and wrote anti nazi graffiti
Mainly based in working class districts if large cities
The alpine flower was their symbol
Mainly made up of boys who copied the American style of clothing
Who were the swing youth
Another group of people that chose not to conform to Nazi ideas
They liked wearing American clothes
They listened to American music and watched American films
They gathered to drink alcohol smoke and dance
They organised illegal dances attended by thousands
Unlike the pirates they were made up of children from wealthy families with the money to buy records and own record players
What was the youth opposition limited to
Writing anti Nazi graffiti
telling anti Nazi jokes
Attacking the hitler youth
Listening to banned music
Wearing American styled clothing
