File:Flag of Nazi Germany (1933-1945).svg

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Flag_of_Nazi_Germany_(1933-1945).svg‎ (SVG file, nominally 1,000 × 600 pixels, file size: 440 B)

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Description

Hakenkreuzflagge
country	Germany
used by	Germany
from	1933
until	1945-05-08
created by
format	3:5
shape	rectangular
FIAV	↑
colours	red, white, black
other characteristics

English: National flag (1933-1945) and commercial flag (1935-1945) of the Third Reich (Germany)

Ελληνικά: Εθνική σημαία (1933-1945) και εμπορική σημαία (1935-1945) του τρίτου Ράιχ (Γερμανία)

Deutsch: Nationalflagge (1933–1945) und Handelsflagge (1935–1945) des Dritten Reiches

Italiano: Bandiera della Germania durante il Terzo Reich.

Plattdüütsch: Flagg vun dat Drüdde Riek twischen 1933 un 1945

Nederlands: Vlag van het Derde Rijk (nl:Nazi-Duitsland) tussen 1933 en 1945

Español: Bandera de Alemania durante el Tercer Reich (1933-1945)

Polski: Flaga III Rzeszy niemieckiej

Date

PNG version created November 16th 2004

Source

Original PNG version created by de:Benutzer:Kookaburra with the name "Bild:Flag Germany 1933.png" in de.wikipedia; uploaded to the Wikimedia Commons by User:Guanaco, later converted to SVG by User:Rotemliss and later modified by other Wikimedia Commons people.

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Permission
(Reusing this file)

According to § 5 Abs. 1 of the German Copyright law, official works like coats of arms are gemeinfrei (in the public domain). However please be aware: Depending on context the use of this flag is banned or even illegal in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, France, Brazil and other countries, by other laws beyond copyright (for details please see below).

Licensing

English: This file depicts the flag of a German Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts (corporation governed by public law). According to § 5 Abs. 1 of the German Copyright law, official works like flags are gemeinfrei (in the public domain). Note: The usage of flags is governed by legal restrictions, independent of the copyright status of the depiction shown here.

Deutsch: Dieses Bild stellt die Flagge einer deutschen Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts dar. Nach § 5 Abs. 1 UrhG (Deutschland) sind amtliche Werke wie Flaggen gemeinfrei ("public domain"). Flaggen sind allgemein unabhängig von ihrem urheberrechtlichen Status in ihrer Nutzung gesetzlich beschränkt, und den öffentlichen Körperschaften dienen sie darüber hinaus als Hoheitszeichen.

Legal disclaimer

This image shows (or resembles) a symbol that was used by the National Socialist (NSDAP/Nazi) government of Germany or an organization closely associated to it, or another party which has been banned by the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany.

The use of insignia of organizations that have been banned in Germany (like the Nazi swastika or the arrow cross) may also be illegal in Austria, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, France, Brazil, Russia and other countries, depending on context. In Germany, the applicable law is paragraph 86a of the criminal code (StGB), in Poland – Art. 256 of the criminal code (Dz.U. 1997 nr 88 poz. 553).

File history

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	00:57, 21 February 2010		1,000×600 (440 B)	Nilfanion	(Reverted to version as of 12:52, 18 October 2008)
	12:52, 18 October 2008		1,000×600 (440 B)	Fibonacci	(Rotating the cross gives better results.)
	12:31, 18 October 2008		1,000×600 (492 B)	Fibonacci	(Simplified the swastika in the middle, aligned the circle and rectangle properly.)
	18:06, 5 September 2008		1,000×600 (779 B)	PatríciaR	(from http://tools.wikimedia.pl/~beau/imgs/ (recovering lost file))
	16:17, 5 September 2008		1,000×600 (3 KB)	Random832	(m:Missing images 2008-09)
	21:06, 13 May 2008		1,000×600 (779 B)	Applysense	(cleanup svg)
	16:31, 30 July 2007		1,000×600 (3 KB)	R-41	(Resized image so that the png display box will be the same size as those of the other 3:5 proportion flags of Germany.)
	18:42, 17 July 2007		600×360 (2 KB)	R-41	(Red reshaded to that of Imperial German flag, as the swastika flag flew beside it, and its colours were based on it.)
	01:25, 14 July 2007		600×360 (2 KB)	R-41	(Since it appears "impossible" to change the image because of problems with uploading in the past, I'm going to try and revert it to the bright red version to see what happens.)
	00:38, 14 July 2007		600×360 (2 KB)	R-41	(Attempting to fix colours again. Internet on my computer is scrambled, showing a darker red on one display picture, a lighter red on another display picture.)
	00:26, 14 July 2007		600×360 (2 KB)	R-41
	00:17, 14 July 2007		600×360 (2 KB)	R-41	(Red based on Imperial tricolour red, which was used alongside the swastika flag)
	17:03, 29 June 2007		600×360 (2 KB)	R-41	(Reverted to earlier version with bright red.)
	22:55, 28 June 2007		600×360 (2 KB)	R-41	(Colour correction based on previous flags of Germany, esp. German Empire flag as well as colours at http://www.flagfocus.info/worldflags-large/world-flags-large-Germany.html)
	10:28, 24 March 2007		600×360 (2 KB)	ComputerHotline
	22:26, 9 October 2006		600×360 (2 KB)	Madden	(Auf eine alte Version zurückgesetzt)
	22:52, 8 October 2006		600×360 (2 KB)	ZYX
	20:44, 3 August 2006		600×360 (2 KB)	Quadpus	(enlarge disc, fix rotation of swastika [using an external editor])
	20:44, 3 August 2006		600×360 (2 KB)	Quadpus	(enlarge disc, fix rotation of swastika [using an external editor])
	20:44, 3 August 2006		600×360 (2 KB)	Quadpus	(enlarge disc, fix rotation of swastika [using an external editor])
	20:42, 3 August 2006		600×360 (2 KB)	Quadpus	(enlarge disc, fix rotation of swastika [using an external editor])
	16:32, 1 March 2006		600×360 (593 B)	Jynus	(bigger dimensions)
	14:37, 3 February 2006		200×120 (584 B)	Rotemliss	(Flag of Germany 1933-1945 (Third Reich) * Erstellt: de:Benutzer:Kookaburra * Date: November 16th 2004 * Originally uploaded by Guanaco. The specifications can be found on a [http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/de1933_o.html Flags of)