Nazism and Fascism in Swing Kids and Berlin 36

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Nazism and Fascism are prominent in daily life as shown in both movies Swing Kids and Berlin 36 by the uses of distinct characteristics such as the use of force, propaganda and sabotage. Fascism is defined as having a governmental system led by a dictator with complete power. Nazism on the other hand is defined as an ideology featuring racism and expansionism and obedience to a strong leader. These two ideologies are alike with Nazism falling under a sub-category of Fascism. However, it is prominent that Swing Kids was showing the effects of Nazism in daily life with scenes showing excessive use of force and propaganda.

In Swing Kids, one follows the lives of a few so called “Swing-Boys,” as they dance to a type of music (i.e. Swing) banned by the Nazi’s. Later on one sees these boys join the Hilterjugend, which is an academy where young boys are trained to be a police force and to follow the polices set by the Führer. This trained paramilitary force exhibits the characteristic excessive use of force when they raid a popular dancing club in the ending. In this scene, the members of ...

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