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Posted by Tony this is a truce for 20 years on Sun Dec 02, 2001 12:28:28 PM

In reply top Re: Swastika query posted by Christer on Sun Dec 02, 2001 09:25:41 AM

There appeared to be a fracas in Berlin yesterday, between various Anti-Nazi groups, and the DAP of the German Socialist Party.

5 years ago, the Polizei would have been wading in large style, now all groups, are allowed to parade their allegiance, under the banner of democracy. The arguement, appears to have been over an exhibition taking place in Berlin, that seems to prove that ordinary Wermacht Officers, did their share of atrocites on OstFront too. Well well, now tell us something we didn't know.

Film supporting these allegations, and Officers taking reprisals against partisans and the local population, have been shown on the World at War, the Minerva Film Company, Signal, Peoples Century etc etc. So, as a result, the pond life that likes to inhabit boards like FeldGrau etc, went along to Berlin for a punch up.

What is staggering is, that it is even allowed. The German constitution, does not allow far right groups, to parade on masse in organised "ceremonies" or otherwise.The use of emblems, associated with that era, was also "verboten" on the grounds, that the symbology, was a representation of the "party" not the "state". When we were designing Flight simulation software, any copies we were to sell in germany, were not to include Swatstikas on the tail. The same went for model kit manufacturers.

In fact, to buy kits or software, that had this symbology, was a criminal offence, unless the items had been bought from a "licenced" outlet, AKA Sex Shop!

Nowadays, the attitude, does seem to be drifing towards...."Oh well, it was a long time ago" Well, here's a newsflash.. If the German economy starts to go into freefall, it won't take much for another housepainter to fancy his chances, especially in a new atmosphere of tolerance.

Tony Weygand




: Mick and all,
: back in the mid nineties I visited the museum in Laatzen/H
: annover and it was completely void of swastikas.
: In the late nineties (1998 if memory serves me correctly)
: I visited the Luftwaffenmuseum in Berlin/Gatow and the pla
: ce was littered with swastikas.
: It seems to me that the application of this law has become
: less stringent and that in museums et al. display of the
: swastika within the historical context is accepted but, si
: lly me never asked so I?m only speculating ......

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