sexual object". The immediate occasion was a picture of the model Grace Jones, described by Schwarzer in her monthly Emma (7/1978) as “a black woman, naked, in her hand a phallic microphone and around the shackles – heavy chains”. (It later occurred to Schwarzer that they might also have complained of the image's racism). Nannen protested that the magazine's nudes should be seen in the same light as Francisco Goya's "The Unclothed Maja" (1797) and that the freedom of the press was at issue. The complainants proved unable in law to indict soft-pornographic practices that were rife in the popular press, but Nannen allowed that the case had "made us think". There was no obvious shift in the editorial culture of the magazine. The uncovered "cover-girl" tradition, sometimes in the form of celebrity shoots ("With Madonna alone at home", 10 January 1992), continued. Feminists also had occasion to object to article content. In 1990, published the title story "I am a masochist" in which author Sina-Aline Geißler discussed her literary coming-out as a member of the BDSM scene. This caused an intense public debate, and women later occupied the magazine's editorial offices alarmed at what they believed was a glamorisation of misogynist abuse. Scandal of the Hitler Diaries For very much more damaging publicity followed its serialisation, beginning in April 1983, of the so-called Hitler Diaries. Scientific examination soon proved that the "diaries", for which the magazine had paid 9.3 million , were forgeries. The resulting fiasco led to the resignation of the magazine's editors, a sit-in by staff to protest the "management's bypassing traditional editorial channels and safeguards", and a major press scandal that is still regarded as a low point in German journalism. A publication "once known for its investigative reporting" became a byword for the folly and hazards of "sensation-seeking check book journalism". 's credibility was severely damaged and it took the magazine many years to regain its pre-scandal status and reputation. Trump: In its 24 August 2017 edition demonstrated its continued ability and willingness to generate cover-page controversy (and, for the purpose, to discard the restraints of ). A photo-shopped image depicted then United States President, Donald Trump, draped in the American flag while giving a stiff-armed Nazi salute. “”, read the headline, or “his struggle” – a reference to Adolf Hitler’s autobiographical manifesto, . The sub-headline reads: “Neo Nazis, Ku Klux Klan, racism: How Donald