The Adolf Koch Institute was started in 1922 by Adolf Koch a teacher who adopted the FKK free body culture practice that emerged in Germany in the 1920s. Koch often took students on hikes as a form of exercise and connecting with nature. When he started the institute Koch required all gymnastic and exercise activities be done without clothing.1The Nudists
A trained medical doctor and psychologist Koch took the non sexual aspect of free body culture seriously and boys were admonished for uncontrolled erections. They were required to attend psycho sexual clinics and undergo assessment to address their behavior. 2 Adolf Koch and the “Society of Free Men
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- 1The Nudists
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