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Design: A horizontal flag featuring a red background with a black swastika on a white disk: Designed by: Adolf Hitler: Flag of Nazi Germany (1933–1935) Use: National flag and ensign: Proportion: 3:5: Adopted: 14 March 1933: Relinquished: 15 September 1935: Design: A horizontal tricolour of black, white, and red
The swastika is a symbol with many styles and meanings and can be found in many cultures. The appropriation of the swastika by the Nazi Party is the most recognisable modern use of the symbol in the Western world. The swastika (卐 or 卍) is a symbol used in various Eurasian religions and cultures, as well as a few African and American cultures.
A red field, with a white disc with a black swastika at a 45-degree angle. Disc and swastika are exactly in the centre. [citation needed] 1933–1935: Merchant flag of German Reich variant with the Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz) 1933–1935: Merchant flag of German Reich (Handelsflagge) Black, white, and red horizontal tricolour.
Reverted to version as of 06:22, 16 May 2015 Unfortunately, the NSDAP swastika, as depicted here, was exclusively used in the "black"-est of black colorings, not any softer shades. To lighten or "soften" the color as you say is to improperly display a... 18:55, 18 June 2015: 471 × 458 (2 KB) DIREKTOR: Not at all. This is only slightly lightened.
Legal disclaimer This image shows (or resembles) a symbol that was used by the National Socialist (NSDAP/Nazi) government of Germany or an organization closely associated to it, or another party which has been banned by the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany.
Resized image so that the png display box will be the same size as those of the other 3:5 proportion flags of Germany. 18:42, 17 July 2007: 600 × 360 (2 KB) R-41~commonswiki: Red reshaded to that of Imperial German flag, as the swastika flag flew beside it, and its colours were based on it. 01:25, 14 July 2007: 600 × 360 (2 KB) R-41~commonswiki
The use of insignia of organizations that have been banned in Germany (like the Nazi swastika or the arrow cross) may also be illegal in Austria, Brazil, the Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Israel, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and other countries, depending on context.