Podcast: Stories From The Eastern West #22 - NAKED

How the beach became a battleground for freedom in an authoritarian state...
The German Democratic Republic was known for being one of the more politically repressive countries in the former Eastern bloc, with its Stasi secret police keeping a firm grip on any form of dissent. But it is also known for its long tradition of nude bathing - known in Germany as Free Body Culture or FKK. In the mid-1950s, this tradition came under threat as the GDR government tried to ban nude bathing completely.
Unexpectedly for a country that had no tolerance for dissent, the East German fans of Free Body Culture fought back…
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Episode Credits:
Written, produced & presented by Peter Wolodzko
Edited by Adam Żuławski
Scoring & sound design by Wojciech Oleksiak
Hosted by Nitzan Reisner & Adam Żuławski
Stories from the Eastern West is a podcast from Culture.pl telling little-known histories from Central & Eastern Europe that changed our world. It was brought to you by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute.