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Propaganda Swing: Dr. Goebbels' Jazz Orchestra

The story of Charlie and his Orchestra, a jazz band that bravely thrived despite the Third Reich's brutal anti-degenerate campaign, where musicians were persecuted and "swing kids" were imprisoned in concentration camps.

Few stories in the Third Reich's twisted history are as astonishing as that of "Charlie and his Orchestra." Despite the Nazis' campaign against "degenerate" jazz music, persecuting musicians and imprisoning "swing kids" in concentration camps, Joseph Goebbels and the Propaganda Ministry secretly created a jazz orchestra to disseminate Nazi propaganda with modern music.

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Originally Released: United States, Feb 21, 2018

Genres:Documentary