flag of Nazi Germany

Also known as Nazi Germany flag, flag of the German Reich

national flag of Germany between September 1935 and May 1945

Key facts

Use: National flag and ensign
Proportion: 3:5
Adopted: 15 September 1935
Relinquished: 23 May 1945
Design: A horizontal flag featuring a red background with a black swastika on a white disc
Designed by: Adolf Hitler

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Image: Flag of Germany (1933–1935).svg

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inception: 1933-03-14
Commons category: Flags of Germany (1933–1945)
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The flag of Nazi Germany, officially called the Reich and National Flag (German: Reichs- und Nationalflagge), and also known as the Nazi flag or swastika flag (German: Hakenkreuzflagge – lit. 'flag with a hooked cross') featured a red background with a black swastika in a white circle. This flag came into use initially as the banner of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP), commonly known as the Nazi Party, after its foundation in 1920. Shortly after the appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor in 1933, this flag was adopted as mandatory for use, while the national one was the black-white-red triband of the German Empire. One year after the death of President Paul von Hindenburg, this arrangement ended. The Nazis banned usage of the imperial tricolour, labelling it as "reactionary", and made their party flag the national flag of Germany as a part of the Nuremberg Laws in 1935, which it remained until the end of World War II and the fall of the Third Reich.

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