The first war he declared immediately after taking office was against nudists

A few months after he came to power in Germany (officially on January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor) Adolf Hitler He began to show it harsh to Face against social groups that he considered the enemies of his ideology. It was one of the first persecutions he instituted against nudists. After many times publicly expressing his opposition to nudists From May 1933 Hitler launched a massive campaign of persecution This even led to the arrest of members of sports clubs who had nudity in their systems.

from In the 20s Nudism is beginning to gain a fanatical following in Germany. the Sylt Island in the East Germany’s border with Denmark They receive thousands of visitors every year. After World War I, the nudity movement spread to Europe and experienced a particular boom during the 1920s. The first nudist community was established in Hamburg in 1930 It began as a form of “rebellion” against the strict morals of the late nineteenth century.

Hitler hated them

Adolf Hitler from the first moment He expressed his disgust as well as his disgust In the physical liberation of the nude but also in the carnal pleasures that usually accompany the events staged. Such was the spread of the nudist movement that sports clubs were also containing nudity in their laws.

Severe penalties for violators

So In May 1933 Hitler did His first sermon On this subject, while in June of the same year (that is, exactly 90 years ago) he announced in a second sermon severe penalties for offenders.

In his two speeches, Hitler made extensive reference to the immorality of German society expressed through striptease and his commitment to minimizing divorces.

Fight nudity hard

Newspaper “Acropolis” in the newspaper of May 27, 1933 He republishes information from an issue of the German “Winer Magazine”: “Hitler, who has a passion for preaching like all tyrants, explains in his sermon that nudity must be abolished and fiercely fought.” Nudity served its inventors as a blow against modesty. Just the opposite happens. We witness the horrible, unspeakable ugliness caused by nudity.”

The 4 meters against nudists

According to the “Acropolis”, the four main measures that Adolf Hitler declared against nudists are:

1. The prohibition of the title “Nudist Association” or an association or group of nudists.

2. Sports federations that contain articles in their laws about nudity or activities related to nudity are required to be deleted.

3. Public references or propaganda in favor of nudity were expressly prohibited.

4. Adolf Hilter went so far as to announce in the same package of measures measures against men and women who wear “scandalous costumes” on the beaches, and he organized beaches in the seas, rivers and lakes. According to Hitler, the “scandalous fashion” was swimwear and pajamas with a deep neckline that left much of a woman’s body exposed.

Death penalties for offenders

Naturally, the speeches of Adolf Hitler shocked and persecuted the nudists, who first began to organize secret parties, but Hitler took notice of them and with a new speech in June 1933 announced death sentences to those caught or proven to be involved in “debauchery.” “, i.e. secret gatherings of nudists.

Conservative concern

The Führer’s actions shocked the nudist movement, which was particularly prevalent in the elite of German society. In fact, it was so sophisticated that the French and Swiss criticized the Germans negatively. The French writer Roger Salardin had commented in the press at the time that the Côte d’Azur in the summer of 1933 would be so overrun by nudes that they tended to affect the clubs of France as well and drive out the serious. and the strict families of spa towns.

Berlin women tried to impress Hitler

A few days after Adolf Hitler’s second speech about nudes, famous Berliners asked the German chancellor’s audience to outline their proposals and handed him a note in a desperate attempt to change his mind. It was a futile effort. “The style of the Berliners was imploring and intransigent. The authors of the memorandum, after praising the dictator, begged for a review of the procedures for free use of toilets in mixed-use buildings.

The Fuhrer cut it off from them

Then Hitler, with few and short words, left no room for further discussions, assuring the Berlin women that “measures against nudity and decent behavior on the beaches are part of his program for the restoration of Germany.”

Nudists went down in history as the first social group to accept Hitler’s persecution and severe punishments, and only 10 years later, when World War II ended, nudists in Germany were able to express themselves again, giving a huge impetus to a global movement that culminated in the generation of hippies.