Talk:Flag of Nazi Germany

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I'm not sure it is appropriate to have such a large quote in this article. Apart from the copyright issues that may exist for the translation, Wikipedia is not a primary source. Evil Monkey∴Hello 01:37, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

Agreed. I propose to remove or shorten it. — Ilγαηερ (Tαlκ) 02:54, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

A bit about the symbolism of the flag:

As National Socialists, we see our program in our flag. In red we see the social idea of the movement, in white the nationalistic idea, in the swastika the mission of the struggle for the victory of the Aryan man, and, by the same token, the victory of the idea of creative work, which as such always has been and always will be anti-Semitic. (from Mein Kampf) 59.167.141.63 10:39, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

I changed, "Following the election of Adolf Hitler..." to "Following the appointment of Adolf Hitler..." Hitler was not elected Chancellor of Germany. He ran for President and lost to Hindenburg. Hindenburg later appointed Hitler as Chancellor. Source: Adolf Hitler by John Toland. -- 24.9.0.220 17:27, 17 January 2007 (UTC)TomZC

"Colours scheme" section

User:We moved to 8.12 recently added this section to the article, but I have removed it in anticipation of further discussion here. I am unaware of an official specification for the colours of these flags, and so would request a reliable source citation before we add this material back into the article. (I of course note that the web-style colour codes were not in use at the time when these flags were in official use, and so would question their inclusion as likely being overly specific and thus a measure of original research. Contrast this with the modern flag of Germany and its style guide.) TheFeds 04:47, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

Request for comment regarding how to represent the Nazi symbol

Please feel free to participate at Talk:Swastika#RfC: Nazi symbol as swastika or variant of swastika. Binksternet (talk) 21:11, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

A Request

Please switch swastika with hooked cross or Hakencruz.l YS...232 (talk) 20:40, 5 March 2022 (UTC)

No. Every book in the English language acknowledges that the Nazi flag is a swastika. Only recently have a very few people begun to push for the English adoption of the German language word. Binksternet (talk) 23:43, 5 March 2022 (UTC)

"Swastika" is the English word for this shape and until that changes swastika is the word the article should use, and I would like to point out to the recent IP-hopping editor that removing references is disruptive. Sjö (talk) 10:19, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

Swastika is never an English word. Swastika's Origin is in India be it language wise, sign wise and every aspect of it is Indian. It is holy to Hindu, Buddhist, Jain and Sikh ideologies, which symbolizes it as an auspicious Dharmic symbol of goodness. If someone has misinterpreted and used it to represent Nazi symbolism, it's hate speech. Now what's the problem in replacing it with the correct term Hakenkreuz which is German in nature? I don't see any other reason other than spread misinformation and generate hate crimes and Hinduphobia. Hindus are deprived of their auspicious symbol due to these kind of deliberate misinterpretation and misinformation that sites like Wikipedia are doing and this is leading to hate crimes against, Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs and Jain's. Wikipedia MUST NOT in any manner provide it's platform to create hate crimes against Hindus, Buddhists, Sikh's and Jain's. The documentary The Silence of Swastika documents many aspects of it and the hate crimes originating due to such misinterpretation. Hence it's important that Wikipepdia stops such blatant hate crime through it's pages. It's time for course correction and call Hakenkreuz by it's original name. Period.Rollingtanker (talk) 13:32, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

The word "swastika" became a loan word in English 150 years ago at the 1871 publication of Heinrich Schliemann's writings in an English translation. Shortly thereafter, one Irish and two English scholars (Charles Graves, Edward Thomas and Robert Sewell) wrote treatises of the swastika, using the term "swastika" as the common English word. The matter was already settled by 1880. Any attempts to change this historical fact will be fruitless. Binksternet (talk) 13:47, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

Speer's opinion is entirely irrelevant

After the war, Speer was comparatively successful to style himself as sort of a "better Nazi", or "Nazi gentleman". His memoirs were eagerly read by a generation of Germans desperately looking for some proof that "not all had been bad". In fact though, he was integral to the regime like few other people. It is sometimes even said that Speer was the closest thing Hitler had to a friend. Every word in his memoirs has to be taken as an attempt to white-wash himself, and to a certain extent, the regime and its crimes. None of his accounts can be taken at face value and I don't see why he should be quoted here, extolling the meticulous design work of his beloved Führer. -- Seelefant (talk) 23:15, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Hist401

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 23 January 2023 and 8 May 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): HistoryKrymz (article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by HistoryKrymz (talk) 23:19, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

The centering of the emblem on the flag

In the article, it shows a flag with the swastika centered and "The flag of the Nazi Party. On this flag, the swastika is centered, which makes it slightly different from the state flag on which the swastika is off-center." written below it. That's not actually true. The state flag and party flag were identical. This confusion arises from the original 1933-1935 state flag having a centered swastika which was later changed to the off-center to avoid confusion with the Soviet and French flags (similar to the odd proportions of the French naval ensign.) The uniformity of the placement of the swastika on the flag also varied throughout the war with examples of both centered and off-centered flags being use in official circumstances seen in photographs ranging from 1920 all the way to 1945. 2600:8801:E826:6300:B949:3900:1868:A86F (talk) 11:47, 10 January 2024 (UTC)