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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.
Today, the Nazi swastika flag remains in common use by neo-Nazi supporters and sympathisers outside Germany, whilst in Germany neo-Nazis use the homeland's flag of 1933–1935 instead, since the above-mentioned ban on all Nazi symbolism (e.g. the swastika, the Schutzstaffel's (SS) double sig rune, etc.) is still in effect within today's Germany ...
The concurrent Nazi flag also used a combination of black, white, and red colours, but not in the same way as the old flag of the German Empire. Instead, red was the dominant colour. After Hindenburg's death on 2 August 1934, Hitler styled himself Führer and Reich Chancellor. By law of 15 September 1935 he declared black, white, and red again ...
Command flag for the Reichskriegsminister and Commander-in-Chief of the Wehrmacht: Adopted on 23 July 1935 and used until 5 October 1935. The name was changed to Reich Ministry of War on 21 May 1935. 1935–1938: Command flag for the Reichskriegsminister and Commander-in-Chief of the Wehrmacht: Adopted on 5 October 1935 and used until 4 ...
German völkisch Nationalists claimed the swastika was a symbol of the Aryan race, who they claimed were the foundation of Germanic civilization and were superior to all other races. As the Italian Fascists adapted elements of their ethnic heritage to fuel a sense of Nationalism by use of symbolism, so did Nazi Germany.
National Committee for a Free Germany: Also used the Flag of Germany (1867–1918) without the heading 1930–1933: Black Front: 1920–1924: Union of Upper Silesians: 1920–1945: National Socialist German Workers' Party: 1919–1946: Communist Party of Germany (obverse and reverse) 1918–1933: German National People's Party: Flag of Germany ...
From September 2020, the public display of all versions of the war flags of the North German Confederation and of all periods of the German Reich became prohibited in the state of Bremen and violators can be fined up to €1,000; the black, white and red tricolour of the German Reich can be confiscated as well if there is a concrete provocation ...
Pan-Arab colors, used individually in the past, were first combined in 1916 in the flag of the Arab Revolt or Flag of Hejaz. [11] Many current flags are based on Arab Revolt colors, such as the flags of Jordan, Kuwait, Palestine, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, and the United Arab Emirates. [12]