German Nazi Swastika Flag

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Description: Physical Description; Red wool bunting cloth with white circle in center. In the center of the white circle is a swastika.; General History; In 1920, Adolf Hitler decided that the Nazi Party needed its own insignia and flag. For Hitler, the new flag had to be “a symbol of our own struggle” as well as “highly effective as a poster.” On August 7, 1920, at the Salzburg Congress, this flag became the official emblem of the Nazi Party. In Mein Kampf, Hitler described the Nazis' new 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.”

ID Number: 1977.0788.03
catalog number: 1977.0788.03
accession number: 1977.0788

Object Name: flag, national

Physical Description: fabric (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 29 in x 49 in; 73.66 cm x 124.46 cm

used: Germany

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Exhibition: Price of Freedom
Exhibition Location: National Museum of American History

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Subject: Flags
related event: World War II; The Great Depression and World War II

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nmah_1357427

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GERMAN NAZI SWASTIKA FLAG

National Museum of American History

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Record ID: nmah_1357427