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  2. Balkenkreuz - Wikipedia

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    Balkenkreuz symbol is based on the cross of the Teutonic Order. [2] [3] Germany's Luftstreitkräfte (the army air service of the German Imperial Army) first officially adopted the Balkenkreuz in mid-April 1918 (about a week before the death of Manfred von Richthofen), and used it from that time until World War I ended in November 1918.

  3. Swastika - Wikipedia

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    Although used for the first time as a symbol of international antisemitism by far-right Romanian politician A. C. Cuza prior to World War I, [19] [20] [21] it was a symbol of auspiciousness and good luck for most of the Western world until the 1930s, [2] when the German Nazi Party adopted the swastika as an emblem of the Aryan race.

  4. Nazi symbolism - Wikipedia

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    The Nazis' principal symbol was the swastika, which the newly established Nazi Party formally adopted in 1920. [1] The formal symbol of the party was the Parteiadler, an eagle atop a swastika. The black-white-red motif is based on the colours of the flags of the German Empire.

  5. Esoteric insignia of the Schutzstaffel - Wikipedia

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    Symbol Name Meaning Comments Wolfsangel: Liberty and independence The Wolfsangel ('wolf hook') was used as a heraldic symbol alluding to a wolf trap, and is still found on the municipal arms of a number of German towns and cities. It was adopted by a fifteenth-century peasants' uprising, thus acquiring an association with liberty and independence.

  6. ß - Wikipedia

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    By the late 1400s, the choice of spelling between sz and ss was usually based on the sound's position in the word rather than etymology: sz ( ſz ) tended to be used in word final position: uſz (Middle High German: ûz, German: aus), -nüſz (Middle High German: -nüss(e), German: -nis); ss ( ſſ ) tended to be used when the sound occurred ...

  7. File:Balkenkreuz.svg - Wikipedia

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    White is part of the symbol: 18:04, 20 November 2013: 600 × 600 (569 bytes) Crazytonyi: Slightly larger in size, but now uses evenodd rule and path that is drawn around both crosses, allowing for extended styling (such as setting on top of green background and not having white interior area). Had to cheat and define inner cross twice so t...

  8. National symbols of Germany - Wikipedia

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    The German Unity Flag is a national symbol of German reunification that was raised on 3 October 1990. It waves in front of the Bundestag in Berlin (seat of the German parliament). German cuisine; Music of Germany; German art

  9. File:War Ensign of Germany (1938–1945).svg - Wikipedia

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    Legal disclaimer This image shows (or resembles) a symbol that was used by the National Socialist (NSDAP/Nazi) government of Germany or an organization closely associated to it, or another party which has been banned by the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany.