page_title: Night of the Amazons
section_title: Nudity
hierarchical_section_title: Night of the Amazons / Nudity
caption_attribution_description: English: Detail of the illustrated programme of the 1939 show. The artist Albert Reich (1881-1942) was art director of the shows and created the cover for the first edition of Hitler's "Mein Kampf".
context_page_description: The Night of the Amazons was the name of a Nazi propaganda event that was held annually in Munich in the park at Nymphenburg Palace in the 1930s. The events were held on 27 July 1936, 31 July 1937, 30 July 1938 and 29 July 1939, and were the evening highlight of the International Horse Racing Week Munich-Riem. Members of the SS-Cavalry, variety show girls, and international stars performed at the open-air revue with up to 2,500 participants.
  In addition to highlighting Munich as a travel destination, the event was intended to present Germany's Nazi regime as cosmopolitan and friendly to foreigners, and promote Nazi ideology.
context_section_description: Christian Weber made increasingly use of the insight he had gained during his 1937 visit to the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne - and the relevant establishments in Paris - that "our naked German girls are better looking than the French women." His conclusion for the Night of the Amazons was: "All we have to do is take off the clothes of the girls right here at home, put them into the spotlight, and men with money to spend will forsake Paris for Munich." From 1938 onward the number of girls dressed only in skin-colored panties increased. For the first time, 150 bronzed male and female participants were shown, who were covered with bronze-colored theatrical make-up from the crown to the sole, thus bearing considerable health risks.
caption: Detail of the illustrated program of the 1939 show.The artist Albert Reich (1881-1942) was art director of the shows and created the cover for the first edition of Hitler's Mein Kampf.
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