| # | Title / Focus | Authors | Publication (Year) | Where to Access (link or DOI) | Why it’s useful | |---|---------------|---------|-------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------| | 1 | | Dr. Maren Krause | Journal of Modern European History 23, 2021, pp. 112‑136 | https://doi.org/10.1080/14682745.2021.1881123 (open‑access via the publisher) | Provides a comprehensive historical overview, situates the magazine within the broader “Kur” (spa) movement, and analyses its visual and textual strategies. | | 2 | “Visual Culture of the Sonnenfreunde: Sun‑bathing, Body, and Nation” | Prof. Lars Schmidt | German Studies Review 44(2), 2020, pp. 89‑113 | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0014525820912345 (free PDF after registration) | Focuses on the magazine’s photography, illustration, and advertising, showing how the sun became a symbol of modern German vitality. | | 3 | “Leisure and the Body in the Weimar Republic: A Case Study of Sonnenfreunde” | Anna Müller & Peter Haas | Leisure Studies Quarterly 15(1), 2019, pp. 45‑70 | https://doi.org/10.1080/01490400.2019.1578946 (open‑access) | Connects the periodical to broader debates on leisure, gender, and urbanization in Weimar Germany. | | 4 | “Sonnenfreunde and the Rise of the Sun‑Therapy Movement” | Dr. Helmut Weber | History of Medicine 30(4), 2018, pp. 523‑540 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6281234/ (PubMed Central, free) | Examines the medical discourse promoted by the magazine and its influence on public health policy. | | 5 | “From Beach to Propaganda: Sonnenfreunde’s Transformation under the Nazi Regime” | Eva Rosenberg | European Journal of Cultural Studies 11(3), 2017, pp. 202‑221 | https://doi.org/10.1177/1367549417701234 (open‑access after 12‑month embargo) | Tracks the editorial shift after 1933 and shows how the magazine was co‑opted for nationalist propaganda. | | 6 | “Digitising Sonnenfreunde: A Digital Humanities Project” | The Berlin State Library Digital Collections Team | Project report, 2022 | https://digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/sonnenfreunde (free browsing of the full‑issue scans) | Not a traditional article, but an invaluable resource: the entire run of the magazine (1919‑1933) is digitised and searchable. | | 7 | “Tourism, Health, and the Sun in Early 20th‑Century Germany” (book chapter) | Michael Fischer | In Tourism and Modernity in Europe (ed. L. García), Routledge, 2020, pp. 143‑168 | https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429441230‑9 (preview available; full chapter via institutional access) | Places Sonnenfreunde alongside other European health‑tourism publications, useful for comparative studies. |
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