Flag of Nazi Germany
Officially German Reich
Locally Deutsches Reich
What the flag looks like
A red field with a white disc, set slightly towards the hoist, bearing a black swastika turned at 45 degrees.
What it means
It was the flag of the Nazi Party; Hitler wrote that red stood for the movement's social idea, white for its nationalism and the swastika for its racist ideology of "Aryan" supremacy.
How to remember it
This was the flag of the Nazi dictatorship, which started the Second World War in Europe and carried out the Holocaust, the murder of six million Jews.
Fun facts
- It became the sole national flag under the Reich Flag Law of September 1935, one of the Nuremberg Laws.
- Displaying the swastika flag is a criminal offence in Germany, with exceptions for purposes such as education, research and art.
Nazi Germany at a glance
- Existed
- 1933–1945
- Flag used
- 1935–1945
- Today
- Germany, Austria and parts of Poland and Russia
- Capital
- Berlin
- Region
- 1933–1945
- Languages
- German
- Currency
- Reichsmark
- Flag adopted
- 1935