The Nazis were a major adversity to many of the German people. They tore families apart from each other by propagandizing citizens and seemingly changing their values. Those who became Nazis usually either wanted power or were afraid of the Nazis. In the movie Swing Kids, Thomas Berger shows that a need for power can severely weaken both morals and relationships with others.
Thomas initially joined the Hitler Jugend to help his friend Peter through it. At that time, he was opposed to the Nazis. He was a Swing Kid, and was always the one to break up fights. However, as he progressed through the Hitler Jugend program, he begins to change. He turns in his own father for being a traitor to the Nazis, and begins to strictly follow Nazi policies. Eventually, he is conformed into the German police and believes that the Nazis are morally acceptable. The Hitler Jugend brainwashed him and promised him power. Thomas had a need for power, so the promise of power obviously took hold of him......
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