Nazi Persecution of Swing Dancers and Jazz Musicians in Bremen, the Czech Republic and Poland

To open the festival and launch the project “Nazi Injustice ‘Degenerate Music’. Persecuted swing dancers and jazz musicians in north-west Germany, the Czech Republic and Poland” by the BBfd-tZ, the project partners from Prague, Warsaw and Gdansk will discuss the different methods of persecution used by the Nazi regime with Bremen historian Birgit Tillmann. They also present the activities planned at the four locations until December 2025 in order to anchor this hitherto little-known Nazi injustice in the public consciousness of the three countries as well as transnationally.

The Czech swing band Jakub Šafr & Swing Trio Avalon will play afterwards. The concert takes place as a social dance in cooperation with the Bremen dance club Swing Man Tau.

Welcome: Michael Maj, designated Czech Honorary Consul in Bremen