Whether in the club or in the dance palace - swinging rhythms are en vogue, also and especially among young people! Yet few people know about the roots of this music, which conquered the dance floors of the metropolises in this country 100 years ago. How did jazz come to Germany? Why were swing kids sent to forced labor camps and jazz musicians even to concentration camps? How did jazz achieve its breakthrough after the war and what significance does it have for young jazz musicians today?