He first gained prominence at home and abroad with the publication in 1936 of his début book, Das Land Noruega, a fictionalised autobiography of his youth in Mexico.

His blonde, blue-eyed stature and extravagant way of life gave him the position of "the Aryan Idol".

A loathing of his homosexuality and self-perceived feminine traits, led him to frequently risk his life.

[1] He lived most of his early years in Mexico and Germany, fought with the Sturmabteilung (SA) in Berlin in the 1930s, fought with the Fascist Falange in the Spanish Civil War, and finally joined the Waffen-SS to fight in Ukraine and Finland, where he was severely injured.

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