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German nationalists, such as the Freikorps (see Marinebrigade Ehrhardt), used the old flag in protest against the Weimar Republic during the 1920s and 1930s. This included the 1920 attempt to overthrow the Weimar government, known as the Kapp Putsch. [5] The Nazi Party of Adolf Hitler had a party flag based on the old colours.
Merchant flag of German Reich variant with the Iron Cross: 1933–1935: Merchant flag of German Reich (Handelsflagge) 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 ...
Flag of Nazi Germany (1935–1945) Use: National flag and ensign: Proportion: 3:5: Adopted: 15 September 1935: Relinquished: 23 May 1945: 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 ...
A variation of armband design used by the National Committee for a Free Germany. During World War II, German prisoners of war who had defected to the Soviet Union and German exiles in the Soviet Union, mainly the members of the Communist Party of Germany, formed the National Committee for a Free Germany, an anti-fascist military and political ...
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 20th-century German Nazi Party made extensive use of graphic symbols, especially the swastika, notably in the form of the swastika flag, which became the co-national flag of Nazi Germany in 1933, and the sole national flag in 1935. A very similar flag had represented the Party beginning in 1920.
June 1937, precisely determined the extent of the displacement (see included copy). The context is explained in the German language publication of the German Flag Society "Der Flaggenkurier" No. 13/2001 on pages 17 ff.:Andreas Herzfeld: Einige unbekannte Flaggenänderungen 1933–1945 (Some unknown flag changes
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.