SPIEGEL ONLINE: The foreword in the 1936 edition, written after some 80,000 copies had already been printed, says the book was strongly supported by the race policy agency within the Nazi party and protected as official party literature. But the first photo, titled “Greeting the Light,” shows pairs of naked men gripping each others’ legs. How is it possible that the Nazi regime persecuted homosexuals but allowed such photos to be published?




















