Naturism/Aryan books!

[FALLSCHIRMJAGER]

Hi chaps, I really have no idea exactly where to place these on the forum so I will try here(if they need moving please do Mods!) I picked these up amongst a pile of other books( including a nice 1st press "Just so stories" by Kipling!)
Anyway, I will not flood the forum with all the nude images that are in these books but they have all been printed in Germany during the Third Reich period to extoll the Germanic ideal(that's the best I can work out anyway!!) I have "googled" Hans Suren who is the author of one of the books and found out he was a high ranking SA "youth" officer but that's about as much as I know. One of the books has been rebound and has period nude photographs of women glued to the blank insert pages?
If you chaps and chapesses have any insight it would be most appreciated, Leon.

[Gunny Hartmann]

Dead heat in a Zeppelin race!...

[DrPMC]

At the time the Nazis came to power there were many Freikörperkultur (FKK - Free Body Culture) clubs. Initially they were banned under a decree from Hermann Goring of 3 March 1933. However, there was no concerted effort to close them down and in 1934 the FKK clubs were declared legal again, although they had to expel all 'non-Aryans'. They were incorporated into the Nazi organization Bund für Leibeszucht, which had Himmler's support and endured until the end of the Nazi regime. I take my information from Andreas Gronemann's book Third Reich Literature. Perhaps one of the less expected aspects of the Third Reich!

Regards,

Philip

[FALLSCHIRMJAGER]

Thank you Phillip ,that is a valuable insight!! Leon.

[bittaker]

i have two issues of geilt und schonheit (#6 and 7 from 1940).
and also a book by Hans Suren, mench uns sonne from 1936).
is the book "Third reich literature" readily available?
or long out of print?

[DrPMC]

[...]is the book "Third reich literature" readily available? or long out of print?

It is still easily available via Amazon.com (Third Reich Literature: Andreas Gronemann: 9780988530706: Amazon.com: Books)

Philip

[bittaker]

oh, it is you that is the author of this book, Philip?

[DrPMC]

oh, it is you that is the author of this book, Philip?

No, Andreas Gronemann is the author. I understand that he is a German, now living in the USA. There are some reviews on Amazon.

Philip

[bittaker]

oops : )
i saw now that you have reviewed the book, and not written it!

[harryamb2]

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