Flag of Nazi Germany

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The Flag of Nazi Germany was the red banner featuring a white circle with a black swastika at its center, symbolizing the totalitarian and genocidal regime of Adolf Hitler from 1933 to 1945.


Statements (36)
Predicate Object
instanceOf historical flag
national flag
adopted 1935
associatedWith Adolf Hitler
Holocaust
National Socialist German Workers Party
Nazism
genocide
totalitarianism
color black
red
white
country Germany
designElement black swastika
white disc
graphicLayout red field with centered white circle and black swastika
historicalPeriod Interwar period
World War II
ideology National Socialism
inUseFrom 1933
inUseUntil 1945
legalStatusInGermany display restricted under criminal law
notableFor use as symbol of hate and extremism
orientationOfSwastika 45 degrees (tilted)
proportion 3:5
replaced Flag of the Weimar Republic
replacedBy Flag of Germany
represents German Reich (1933–1945)
Nazi regime
status banned symbol in several countries
symbol swastika
type civil flag
state flag
war flag
usedBy Nazi Germany
Third Reich

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Nazi Germany
flag
Flag of the Weimar Republic ("swastika flag of Nazi Germany")
replacedBy
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht ("Wehrmacht eagle and swastika")
symbol

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