A red field with a white disc at the centre containing a black swastika (Hakenkreuz). Adopted on 15 September 1935 by the Reich Flag Law, replacing the previous black-white-red triband as the sole national flag. The red represented the 'social' aspect of National Socialism, the white disc the 'national' idea, and the swastika was twisted into a symbol of Aryan racial ideology.
The flag was designed by Hitler himself during the early 1930s. Its display is illegal in modern Germany under §86a StGB (Strafgesetzbuch — German Criminal Code). The swastika predates Nazi use by thousands of years, appearing in many cultures, but its Nazi association makes it taboo.
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