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Black, white and red were the colours of the old North German Confederation flag (invented by Otto von Bismarck, based on the Prussian colours black and white and the red used by northern German states). In 1871, with the foundation of the German Reich the flag of the North German Confederation became the German Reichsflagge ("Reich flag").
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 ...
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.
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 ...
According to § 5 Abs. 1 of the German copyright law, official works like coats of arms or flags are gemeinfrei (in the public domain). Since the Federal Republic of Germany is the legal successor of the Weimar Republic as well as of the Third Reich, this law is also applicable to flags promulgated before 1945.
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.
In Germany, the applicable law is paragraph 86a of the criminal code (StGB), in Poland – Art. 256 of the criminal code (Dz.U. 1997 nr 88 poz. 553). Public domain Public domain false false This work is ineligible for copyright and therefore in the public domain because it consists entirely of information that is common property and contains no ...