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Some of the most extreme tortures and fears were experienced in the Extermination camps set up by Nazi troops during World War II. Hard labor and the constant paranoia destroyed lives, both physically and mentally. In the movie Swing Kids, many of the same behavi ....

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.... that swirled before them. Most of them justified the acts in concentration camps by saying, “…the acts of torture were committed by a small group of insane or perverted persons” (page 151). Also, the German government did an outstanding job of using propaganda to deny the truth about the camps. When the reports about the camps were believed, the government quickly went to work to repress the terror and convince the German population that nothing horrible was happening. In the film Swing Kids, the main characters are Peter, Thomas, and Arvid. They, along with many other German youth, maintain their “business as usual” by attendi ....