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  Flag of Germany
This flag would also be the national flag for the subsequent German Empire from 1871 to 1918, which finally replaced the German Confederation.
When the Nazis came to power in 1933 they did just that, though they would eventually, on September 15, 1935, replace virtually all German governmental flags with designs based on the swastika flag that had been their party flag.
After the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, Germany was occupied by the Allies and ceased to exist as a sovereign nation.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/fl/Flag_of_Germany.html   (467 words)

  
 German Flag Store - buy flags of Germany
The explanation of the flag's colours is fraught with much debate, and there was a political desire for a distinctive tricolor to be adopted as the national flag to counter that of defeated France.
After the Allied occupation ended, the fl-red-gold flag was once again adopted as the federal flag for West Germany on May 9, 1949 and became the flag for united Germany in 1990.
The flag of East Germany was banned, and any use of it considered a criminal offense, in West Germany during much of the Cold War.
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  Flag of Germany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The flag of Germany was adopted in its present form in 1919.
When the Nazis came to power in 1933 the fl-red-gold flag was entirely removed and replaced with the fl-white-red, though they would eventually, on September 15, 1935, replace virtually all German governmental flags with designs based on the swastika flag that had been their party flag.
The German Democratic Republic (East Germany) had initially used the same flag, but on October 1, 1959 it introduced a communist emblem to the centre of the flag: a hammer (symbolizing the workers), and a pair of compasses (symbolizing the intellectuals) inside ears of grain (symbolizing the farmers).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flag_of_Germany   (1561 words)

  
 Unimaps.com - National Flags of Europe.
The Czech Republic flag is identical to that of the former Czechoslovakia.
The flag was replaced by the red flag with the hammer, sickle and star during the comunist era (1919-1991).
The flag was adopted in 1848, the proportions regulated in 1852.
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 Germany Flag
When the Nazis came to power in 1933 the fl-red-gold flag was entirely removed and replaced with the fl-white-red, though they would eventually, on September 15, 1935, replace virtually all German governmental flags with designs based on the swastika flag that had been their party flag.
The German Democratic Republic (East Germany) had initially used the same flag, but on October 1, 1959 it introduced a communist emblem to the centre of the flag: a hammer (symbolizing the workers), and a pair of compasses (symbolizing the intellectuals) inside ears of grain (symbolizing the farmers).
The flag of the GDR was banned, and any use of it considered a criminal offence, in West Germany during much of the Cold War.
www.everythingaboutgermany.com /Germany-Flag.html   (1312 words)

  
 Nazi Germany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the control of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, NSDAP), or Nazi Party, with the Führer (leader) Adolf Hitler as chancellor and head of state.
Germany invaded the Soviet Union on 21 June 1941 and on the eve of the invasion, Hitler's former deputy, Rudolf Hess, attempted to negotiate terms of peace with the United Kingdom in an unofficial private meeting after crash-landing in Scotland.
The persecution of minorities and "undesirables" continued both in Germany and the occupied countries and from 1941 onward, Jews were required to wear a yellow badge in public, and most were transferred to ghettos, where they remained isolated from the rest of the population.
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 Senate - December 08, 1995
President, in listening to the debate on the flag amendment on Wednesday and some of the remarks of some of my colleagues here on the floor, my reaction with respect to some of their arguments and some of the arguments of the opponents of the flag amendment comes down to, there they go again.
I was struck by the highlighting of the Nazi flag on the same chart as the American flag.
The 104th Congress should put the flag burning issue behind it and move on to the nuts-and-bolts goal it was elected to pursue: a smaller, less intrusive, fiscally responsible federal government.
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 Other Vietnam Flag
It is the flag under which hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese and Americans have fought shoulder to shoulder and died, defending freedom against an internationally inspired and communist-led aggressive war against the Republic of Vietnam.
The three-redstriped yellow flag continued to be the official flag of the Republic of Vietnam, which was recognized by the United Nations from 1950 to April 1975.
It is the same flag that decorates the medals on the chests of million Vietnamese who have fled communist totalitarianism since 1975 and have successfully resettled in "the Land of the Free", the "three red stripes on yellow background" flag will always be a symbol of hope and love of freedom.
asiarecipe.com /vietflag.html   (1005 words)

  
 Flag of Nazi Germany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Following the election of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor in 1933, the flag was used jointly as the national flag of Nazi Germany along with the old fl-white-red horizontal tricolour of the German Empire.
One year after the death of President Hindenburg in 1934, this arrangement ended and the swastika flag became the sole national flag of Germany in 1935, which it remained until the end of World War II and the fall of the Third Reich.
However, the Nazi flag on land was right-facing on both sides, as in the image ([1], at the bottom).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flag_of_Nazi_Germany   (346 words)

  
 Flags of the World
The colors of this flag were taken from the uniforms of Baron von Luetzow's volunteers which fought in the Napoleonic wars.
The flag was first used in 1832 until 1892 when the Bismarck replaced the flag with his colors of fl, white and red.
Flags for Outdoor use are made of 100% heavyweight nylon and finished with strong canvas headings and brass grommets.
www.eagleflag.com /International/germany.htm   (150 words)

  
 Nazi Germany   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
Ideologically, the Nazis endorsed the concept of "Großdeutschland", or Greater Germany, and believed that the incorporation of the Germanic people into one nation was a vital step towards their national success.
Germany invaded the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941 and on the eve of the invasion, Hitler's former deputy, Rudolf Hess, attempted to negotiate terms of peace with the United Kingdom in an unofficial private meeting after crash-landing in Scotland.
The government of Nazi Germany gradually formed into a process known as "working towards the Fuehrer." Although Hitler was the undisputable ideological force behind the third Reich, as leader of the country, he was very lazy, especially in the pre-war years, spending much of his time relaxing in his mountain retreat.
www.tocatch.info /en/Nazi_Germany.htm   (6009 words)

  
 Germany | World Cup 2006 | Travel | Map | Flag | History | Food | Soccer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
Germany is in Central Europe, wedged between Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Poland and the Czech Republic.
Germany's side lost and was forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles, which had many strict rules about how the country had to be run.
During this war, the Nazis passed laws to restrict the freedoms of Jews, Slavs, gay people, people who opposed the Nazis and the disabled (among others).
www.kidzworld.com /article/6756-germany-2006-world-cup-host-country   (447 words)

  
 Right Wing Afrikaner flags (South Africa)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
Notice the white disk is closer to the hoist (like the national flag of Nazi Germany and unlike most modern neonazi flags, which have centered discs).
The flag described above (fl field with a white cross fimbriated red (George, not Scandinavian); three fl upright sevens, one above and two below, on a white disc fimbriated red at the centre) was the original flag of the BWB.
When Andrew Ford took over the leadership the flag was replaced by a similar one instead of having the three 7s, bears the letters BWB in white arranged in a triangular fashion (pointing downwards) on a similarly directed fl triangle.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/za}naz.html   (820 words)

  
 Regensburg, Germany
Regensburg (English formerly Ratisbon, Latin Ratisbona, Czech Řezno) is a city (population 146,824 in 2002) in Bavaria, south-east Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube.
Examples of the Romanesque basilica style are the church of Obermünster, dating from 1010, and the abbey church of St Emmeran, built in the 13th century, and remarkable as one of the few German churches with a detached belfry.
The beautiful cloisters of the ancient abbey, one of the oldest in Germany, are still in fair preservation.
www.creekin.net /c440-n71-regensburg-germany.html   (928 words)

  
 The Confederate Flag Must Come Down
Flying the Confederate flag atop a public building is at least as obnoxious as flying the flag of Nazi Germany atop a public building in this country.
John McCain, for example, originally described the flag as "a symbol of racism and slavery." Later he said the flag is a "symbol of heritage." His first response comes closer to the truth.
The flag is actually a badge of slavery, and therefore, its flying over a public building is in violation of the 13th and 14th Amendments.
www.cultural-expressions.com /thesis/confederate.htm   (1246 words)

  
 Hatch Speech
the debate on the flag amendment on Wednesday and some of the remarks of some of my colleagues here on the floor, my reaction with respect to some of their arguments and some of the arguments of the opponents of the flag amendment comes down to, there they go again.
Some argue that this flag amendment would be the beginning of a long slide down a slippery slope to further restrictions on free speech.
Some of my other colleagues argue that enactment of this flag amendment would be the beginning of a long slide down a slippery slope to further restrictions on free speech.
www.monitor.net:16080 /monitor/1-12-96/hatchflag.html   (3560 words)

  
 Nazi Germany resource page - women in nazi germany
Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the control of the National Socialist German Workers Party, or Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as head of state.
The Nazi Party deliberately attempted to combine traditional symbols of Germany with Nazi Party symbols in an effort to reinforce the perception of their being one and the same.
The Nazi regime was pushed back to the borders of Poland by February 1944 with the outcome of the war no longer in much doubt.
www.bizhisto.com /Lo-to-Po/Nazi_Germany.php   (4310 words)

  
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It is the flag under which hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese and Americans have fought shoulder to shoulder and died, defending freedom against an internationally inspired ideology and aggressive Communist war against the Republic of Vietnam.
The flag championed by the free Vietnamese everywhere was flown for the first time at the ceremony marking the official recognition by France of Vietnamese unity and independence after 1954.
The three red-striped yellow flag continued to be the official flag of the Republic of Vietnam, which was recognized by the United Nations (1950), until April 1975.
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 Third Reich 1933-1945 (Germany)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
Flag adopted on 14th March 1933 as co-national flag, 15th September 1935 as national flag
However, its use and its incorporation into other flags and ensigns were modified after the elections of late 1935.
The rank flags of the Navy, which the Weimar Republic had taken over from the Empire, were however left unchanged.
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 Printculture : Vs. Texas vs. Johnson
Our flag does not stand for one “point of view.” Ours is not like the flag of Nazi Germany or the Soviet Union — although opponents of the proposed amendment typically make just that comparison.
The evocation of the flag draped over the coffins of soldiers is very common, suggesting that people who burn the flag are disrespecting the sacrifice of those soldiers and their families.
To authorize the government to ban the kind of last-resort critique that flag burning might effectively convey is in the end, I think, what it seems most obviously to be: a restriction on the freedom of speech whereby citizens can openly express their views of their government and nation.
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 The Unknown Hitler: Nazi Roots in the Occult
Germany, however, was the only country in which the political climate allowed materialization of the final goal of sterilization and euthanasia.
And so the symbol appeared as the flag of Nazi Germany and the insignia of the Nazi party, an indication for those who had eyes to see, as to the occult nature of the Third Reich.
And it was in a dark tower in the mountains of the southwest corner of that island that his evil soul festered with additional bitterness over his castration by the relatives of a noblewoman he had raped.
www.stargods.org /Nazis_and_the_Occult.html   (8704 words)

  
 Texas band uses Nazi flag on Jewish new year (Now w/ Video Link)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
It can be argued that flying a nazi flag in a Jewish neighborhood on a Jewish holiday is stupid, IF one ignores the fact that it was a WWII show, with all flags represented and IF one has already adopted the politically correct point of view.
The Nazi flag was part of that show and when it was shown, fans at Hillcrest, an old Jewish community in the Dallas area, were outraged.
The Nazi flag was shown for about seven seconds twice and was just one of the flags in the short performance.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/992591/posts   (3891 words)

  
 Blood Flag (Third Reich, Germany)
The flag was confiscated by the Munich Green Police after they opened fire on the NSDAP (Nazi Party) revolutionary formation in front of the Bavarian Feldherrenhalle (Fallen Heroes' Hall).
The flag was borne by Traumbauer during the Putsch, and after 1925 at the party rallies by Grimminger.
The flag was kept in the Munich NSDAP HQ called the Brown House, which had a flag museum in the downstairs hallway, that is until the U.S. 8th Air Force destroyed the building as well as most of Munich during the war.
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 Origins of the Swastika Flag (Third Reich, Germany)
From all sides came suggestions (...) the new flag had to be equally a symbol of our own struggle, since on the other hand it was expected also to be highly effective as a poster (...) an effective insignia can in hundreds of thousands of cases give the first impetus towards interest in a movement.
According to John Toland's Adolf Hitler, the flag submitted by the "dentist from Starnberg" was "a swastika against a fl-white-red background".
Krohn's design, the swastika on a white disk against a red background, was intended to symbolize the ideology of the movement — in red its social ideal, in white its nationalism, and in the swastika "the struggle for the victory of Aryan man".
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 Godlike Productions -- Encyclopedia: "Nazi Mysticism"
Nazi mysticism is a term used to describe a quasi-religious undercurrent of Nazism; it denotes the combination of Nazism with occultism, esotericism, cryptohistory, and/or the paranormal.
He even claimed Germany would finally be saved, and even that could be construed as being true if one believes, in the end, Germany was saved from the Nazi evil.
I suspect that Nazi Germany was deliberately created by the allied western powers to fight the Soviet Union and also as an excuse by elites to consolidate and protect their domestic markets against further intrusion by foreigners.
www.godlikeproductions.com /bbs/message.php?message=118415&mpage=1&topic=3&showdate=6/18/05   (4458 words)

  
 Germany: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com
Germany's major rivers are the Danube, the Elbe, the Oder, the Weser, and the Rhine.
Germany's recession continued in 2003: for the previous three years, Europe's biggest economy had the lowest growth rate among EU countries.
Germany at the crossroads: on the efficiency of the German economy.
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 Nazi photos
Nazi Vice-Chancellor Franz von Papen sits at the left, Pacelli in the middle, and the Rudolf Buttmann sits at the right.
Nazi Christian soldiers died as Protestants and Catholics and their grave markers testified to their religion.
, a Nazi sympathizer, and a candidate of Hitler, was elected to the position of Reich Bishop in 1933 as Hitler attempted to unite regional Protestant churches under Nazi control.
www.nobeliefs.com /nazis.htm   (1623 words)

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