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My Summer at a Quaker Nudist Camp Writer Mark Oppenheimer shares his childhood memories of his month-long stay at a nudist summer camp run by Quakers.
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Writer Mark Oppenheimer shares his childhood memories of his month-long stay at a nudist summer camp run by Quakers.
Good clean competition, hairy or otherwise, is a part of summer fun for children attending sleep-away camp. But in the middle of August, camps across the nation are closing their activities, kids say goodbye to new friends and first loves and their daily dose of Capture the Flag. Most children are sad to leave, but there are some who cannot wait to get back home, and that was the case for writer Mark Oppenheimer.
When I was eight years old, in 1983, my parents sent me off to a nudist camp; not a camp for adults who voluntarily chose nudism as a lifestyle, but a summer camp for young boys where nudity was encouraged. At Timberlake, nestled in the woodlands of Vermont, boys swam in the nude, slept in the nude, even played Whiffle ball in the nude.
I think my parents sent me to Timberlake because the camp had been founded by Quakers. I had spent a lot of time that year watching Michael J. Fox play the young right-winger Alex P. Keaton on the TV show "Family Ties," and my parents probably hoped that four weeks in the care of back-to-nature pacifists would cure me of any conservative impulses.
Now Quakers are not generally nudists. Richard Nixon was a Quaker and he wore clothes in public. James Dean was a Quaker and he wore clothes, too. But at this summer camp, the free-spirited tradition had evolved over the years to include more freedoms than most of us consider normal. Well, I was a modest boy and I wasn't having any of this nudist nonsense. At the beginning of the summer, there was one other boy who insisted on remaining clothed, even at swim time. But he caved, and by August, I was the only boy willful and stubborn enough to wear clothes all the time. I thought these people were crazy. And if the skinny-dipping and nude sports hadn't been enough to drive me away, then I surely would have made up my mind after sneaking out of my bunk on the very last night and finding my counselors--some of them well into their old age--square dancing in their birthday suits.
My parents picked me up the next day, and on the drive home from Vermont to Massachusetts, they filled me on what I missed. Dave Righetti had thrown a no-hitter for the Yankees on the Fourth of July. My youngest brother had learned to kick a soccer ball. But what about me?--they wanted to know. Had I been homesick? Happy? Had I made friends? I can't remember what I told them, but I'm sure that I didn't want to hurt their feelings. They'd had such high hopes for my summer with the Quaker nudists. I must have said something like, `Well, it was an interesting month.'
It turns out that I should have been a little more honest because the next summer, after promising me I'd never have to go back to Timberlake, they sent me instead to Kinderland, a socialist sleep-away camp where the cabins were named after dead leftists, like Eugene Debs and Woody Guthrie. I spent all of that summer singing songs about union solidarity and writing letters to congressmen about the civil war in Nicaragua. But look on the bright side: At least I got to wear clothes.
CHADWICK: Mark Oppenheimer is a writer who lives in Connecticut. You can read Mark's essay about his leftist camp experience in the book "Sleepaway: Writings on Summer Camp."
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1 Sunsport Gardens Family Naturist Resort
Sunsport Gardens Family Naturist Resort has provided a campground for naturists since the late 1960s.
Tallahassee Naturally is an official affiliate of the Naturist Society. This private retreat offers many different youth programs and activities including sunbathing, hiking, volleyball and camping.
Oaklake Trails Naturist Park was founded in 1992. The park also features a children's playground.
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Sunny Haven Recreation Park is a private naturist campground affiliated with the American Association for Nude Recreation.
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Sunsport Gardens Family Naturist Resort has provided a campground for naturists since the late 1960s. The resort offers a youth program each summer for children 18 and younger. Activities include swimming, canoeing, body-painting, camping, dancing and much more.
14125 North Road Loxahatchee, FL 33470 (800) 551-7217 www.sunsportgardens.com
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P.O. Box 6866 Tallahassee, FL 32314 (850) 222-1886 www.tallahasseenaturally.org
Oaklake Trails Naturist Park was founded in 1992. The park is family-oriented and provides facilities for children and adults alike. Activities include swimming, hot tubbing, horseshoes and camping. The park also features a children's playground.
24601 Milfay Road, Box 1 Depew, Oklahoma 74028 (918) 324-5999 www.oaklaketrails.com
Shangri La Ranch is a family-oriented naturist retreat. Ranch facilities include a cafe, clubhouse, cabins for rent and large swimming pool. Activities include swimming, hiking, tennis, basketball, horseshoes and much more.
44444 N. Shangri La Road New River, AZ 85087 (623) 465-5959 www.shangrilaranch.com
Sunny Haven Recreation Park is a private naturist campground affiliated with the American Association for Nude Recreation. The resort offers a number of chalets for rent and an RV park. Activities include camping, sunbathing, ladder golf, body painting and more.
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Hitler's League of German Girls during 1939 Nazi reign of power
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Published: 11:41 BST, 23 February 2018 | Updated: 14:42 BST, 23 February 2018
Chilling footage of a girls’ 'summer camp' that took place during 1939 reveals how teenagers were indoctrinated into Hitler's anti-Semitic ideology.
The blonde haired, blue-eyed youngsters, aged between 14-18, were all part of Hitler's League of German Girls who have been specially selected, based on ‘genetic quality’ by the Nazi Party.
Unsettling black-and-white footage, obtained from the National Archives of Germany , was taken at the Country Service camp in Munich and shows the fresh-faced girls eagerly raising the swastika flag and obediently performing the Nazi salute.
The video, entitled 'Madel im Landjahr' is translated as 'Girls in Country Service Gamp', and features the League of German Girls or Bund Deutscher Mädel (BDM), the girls wing of the Hitler Youth.
The footage shows the young women performing chores around the camp including cooking, cleaning and agricultural activities which consisted of planting of crops and the general maintenance of the farms.
The video also shows girls taking part in gymnastics. Sport was a big part of the life at BDM camps as it was intended to create healthy, strong girls who were fit for child-bearing and would go on to produce multiple children to increase the population.
The unsettling footage shows young fresh-faced girls during line-up at the BDM's summer camps. The video, entitled 'Madel im Landjahr' is translated as 'Girls in Country Service Gamp'
The BDM began in 1930 but it wasn't until Baldur Von Schirach was appointed head of the Hitler Youth in 1931 that the group began to rise in popularity with membership estimated between 10,000 to 15,000 girls at the end of 1932.
The league focused on developing girls into women who were dedicated to Nazism and whose role within society was to become 'mothers of the Third Reich'. The girls were to grow-up with an unquestioning understanding of the regime and their intended role.
Hitler hoped that the work on these camps would encourage young girls to leave the city and work on the land in the service of the Nazi's 'Blood and Soil' values - which instructed the German people to pursue an honest rural life over urban 'Jewish' professions.
The teenagers, aged 14-18, can be seen performing various chores around the camps including agricultural duties, cooking and gardening. Here, at lunchtime
At the camps, girls were trained in Nazi ideology and encouraged anti-semitism. The teens were taught to avoid ‘racial defilement’, by following a Nazi policy prohibiting sexual relations between Aryans and non-Aryans and encouraged the girls to inform the authorities if their parents or neighbours were not acting in line with the regime.
In lessons, the girls were presented with propaganda videos and stories focused on painting Jewish people as inherently unsavoury characters.
In one of the more chilling moments, girls can be seen performing Nazi salutes. The league focused on developing girls into women who were dedicated to Nazism and whose role within society was to become 'mothers of the Third Reich'
Members of the group wore matching uniforms of white dresses and work clothes to ensure conformity across the movement. Modifications were deemed unacceptable as Nazi girls were intended to be natural beauties that did not rely on cosmetics.
Alongside the male members of the Hitler Youth, the girl branch would have attended many Nazi Party political meetings and rallies, including the Nuremberg rallies.
The members of the group wore matching uniforms of white dresses and work clothes to ensure conformity across the movement. Modifications were deemed unacceptable. Here, the Nazi girls obediently raising the swastika flag
Hitler hoped that the work on these camps would encourage young girls to leave the city and work on the land in the service of the Nazi's 'Blood and Soil' values
Membership was extremely strict and only allowed girls who met the strict requirements of the Fascist regime. In order to join, girls had to be a German citizen of racial and ethnic German heritage. Here, performing chores at the camp
The BDM began in 1930, prior to Adolf Hitler's rise to power as Chancellor, in 1933.
Its roots lie with the unsuccessful establishment of other girl groups set up during the early years of the National Socialist movement which focused on teaching language, folklore and history with anti-Semitic interpretations.
Recruitment drives ran in an attempt to get more female members but the groups weren't especially successful.
It was only in 1932, with the Fascist regime's increased popularity that Nazi Youth leader Baldur Von Schirach dissolved other Nazi girl's groups and transferred all memberships to the BDM.
The movement increased momentum and by the end of 1932, membership was estimated between 10,000 to 15,000 girls.
Membership was extremely strict and only allowed girls who met the strict requirements of the Fascist regime. In order to join, girls had to be a German citizen of racial and ethnic German heritage, free of hereditary diseases and with family members in keeping with the Third Reich's belief system.
During the Second World War, the BDM carried out various roles within society including camps for girls evacuated from cities for their protection during bombing raids, training the teenagers as volunteer nurses on the front line and even serving in the signal corps of the women's section of the SS.
In the last days of the war, some of these members were among the most fanatical supporters of the Nazi Regime and not knowing life beyond the Third Reich, joined last-ditch defenses in Berlin and other cities in fighting the invading Allied armies along with male members of the Hitler Youth.
After the Second World War, Baldur Von Schirach, who had also held multiple roles within the Nazi Party, was convicted of crimes against humanity.
Chilling footage ? more stupid hyperbole.
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