During the Second Polish Republic jazz became an increasingly popular genre of music among young urbanites.
[2] Members of the subculture were reputed to use sophisticated German in the presence of Nazis in an acerbic display of flattery.
[3] While the German propaganda newspaper Nowy Kurier Warszawski condemned the tombakowa młodzież for their style of dress,[4][5] participants of the subculture were also derided as traitors to Poland due to their seemingly carefree behaviour under the occupation.
[6] The tombakowa młodzież have been considered the progenitors of the later post-war bikini boys subculture.
[7] Comparable in fashion to their French contemporaries the zazous, the tombakowa młodzież were known for wearing knee length jackets and slim trousers.