Nudism Harms Our Workers

In Germany nude swimming used to be tolerated in certain reserved areas, but in the socialist DDR it was officially prohibited in the fifties. The numerous lovers of "Freikörperkultur" were now exposed to strict inspections by bathhouse superintendents. In the magazine Helios, nur für Freunde der Lichtbewegung und Freikörperkultur (July 1956), one of them explained: "This new prohibition is consistent with our new social order. On the beach, everybody can come and see everything. Nudism is a threat to public safety and it harms our workers. It is a life style of intellectuals and artists, not of workers."