Nudist War on the German-Polish border

The Usedom beach on the German-Polish border has become the unlikely place for a fresh battle between the countries - a nudist war!On the one side white bottoms burn in the sun. On the other side conservative swimming trunk-wearers turn up their noses at the naked beachgoers. Now a heated ... ...has broken out between the exhibitionist Germans and the prudish Poles.For the last fifty years sun-loving Germans have been preserving their naturist traditions from Ahlbeck (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) to Swinemünde. But following the Schengen agreement in December 2007 the fence separating the German and Polish parts of the beach was removed. Now German nudists are battling the Poles for their freedom to prance around naked in the sun."It's ridiculous" said Swinemündes minister Edward Zajac. And Anja (28) from Poland, who clearly think the German nudists are real swines, said: "It's horrible. We would never bathe naked - we are Catholic.But the happy-go-naked Germans are not amused. Elke Bernholz (44) said: "It's a nudist beach. It's terrible, that the Poles come over dressed and stare." Ines Müller (46) is also shocked by the Polish behaviour: "You feel like an ape in a zoo. The Poles come with their binoculars, stare and swear.Based on my experience with German nudists/tourists in other parts of the world, it seems that they are determined to exhibit their flabby, white bodies regardless of the local customs or prohibitions against public nudity.I have seen far too many of them either completely naked or sporting token g string-type bathing suits while chasing frisbees and balls on the beach, with big white bits of their bodies flopping about, and with not a bit of concern how this affects those of us subjected to this display.

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