Flag of Nazi Germany

Flag of Nazi Germany

Construction sheet: Flag of Nazi Germany
Construction sheet

Description

  • 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 banned in Germany after 1945 under denazification laws and remains prohibited in many countries
  • Construction: a red field with a white disc centred; a black swastika rotated 45° fills the disc. Ratio 3:5

Trivia

  • 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

Flag of Nazi Germany

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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