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Sonnenfreunde (Friends of the Sun) was a prominent German nudist (FKK – Freikörperkultur ) magazine published from the 1920s through the Nazi era and beyond. Its Sonderhefte (special issues) often compiled thematic photo essays. Issue No. 23, published during the late 1930s or early 1940s, exemplifies the regime’s co-optation of naturism for racial hygiene and militaristic body ideals. This paper analyzes its imagery, likely contents, and propagandistic function.