Context: The company is German and has been around long enough (120 years) to have seen it used as a hate symbol during WW2.

  • Showroom7561@lemmy.caOPEnglish
    17·
    2 years ago

    I posted a photo of a Balkenkreuz on a Luftwaffe plane from WW2 and this cross looks strikingly similar.

    Even the black, red, white colour scheme used ties in with the Third Reich colour pallet.

    And from a German company who was around during WW2…

    I mean, I’m no conspiracy theorist, but this couldn’t all be a coincidence. LOL

    • ShadowRam@kbin.social
      7·
      2 years ago

      Balkenkreuz was in use prior to WW2 and prior to Nazi’s.

      It appears to be a symbol of the German Armed Forces, which is a separate entity of the political Nazi party.

      Some of the German forces,(like the Luftwaffe) were actually pretty anti-nazi.

      So while that symbol was used by the German Forces during the Nazi regime, I wouldn’t automatically see that symbol and think Nazi’s.

      The Swastika (with colors/rotation) and some of the SS symbols/group icons are definitely Nazi, as those are directly related to the political party.