Far-right German politician charged with second count of using Nazi slogan
Björn Höcke, a prominent figure in Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany party, is facing charges for the second time for using Nazi slogans. A trial has already been scheduled, and prosecutors aim to add this new charge to the trial. Mr. Hecke is influential in the party’s far-right wing and will lead the state election […]
Adidas bans 44 on German soccer jerseys, says it resembles Nazi symbol
Adidas has banned German fans from customizing their soccer uniforms with the number 44 after concerns the number resembled the World War II-era Nazi SS symbol. The German Football Association font used on the customizable jerseys on the Adidas website replaces the number 44 with the name Schutzstaffel (more commonly known as the SS), the […]
Solana cryptocurrency ridden with racist meme coins, Nazi imagery
Solana, the cryptocurrency platform promoted by FTX scammer Sam Bankman Freed to prison guards as a hot investment, is rife with racist and anti-Semitic coins. Sleazy crypto entrepreneurs looking to cash in during Bitcoin’s massive rebound are using Solana’s blockchain platform to collect large amounts of money with N-word labels and swastika trading symbols. is […]
Germany Withdraws Soccer Jerseys with Number 44 Because of Nazi Symbolism
BERLIN (AP) — The German Football Federation and Adidas have stopped selling German jerseys with the number 44 on them because of their similarity to the logo of the Nazi party’s infamous SS militia. Adidas on Monday stopped offering customization of jerseys with names and numbers, and the federation stopped shipping No. 44 jerseys from […]
Army probes Special Forces soldier appearing to wear Nazi patch in social media post
The Army launched an investigation after images of National Guardsmen wearing what appeared to be Nazi symbols on Kevlar helmets were discovered on social media. The official Instagram page of the 20th Special Forces Group posted on Sunday a photo of three soldiers, including one of the Nazi SS Totenkopf Verbande (also known as “Totenkopf”) […]
US Army Investigating National Guard Unit Over Image Of Solider Sporting Nazi Symbol On Uniform
U.S. Army leaders are reportedly investigating a National Guard special forces unit over leaked images showing soldiers wearing Nazi-style skulls on their helmets. The Birmingham, Alabama-based 20th Special Forces Group, which is the subject of an ongoing military investigation, currently has three men in uniform, one of whom wears a Nazi skull on his helmet. […]
Poland Honours 80th Anniversary of ‘Great Escape’ from Nazi POW Camp
WARSAW, Poland (AP) – The 80th anniversary of the “Great Escape,” an elaborate act of defiance in which 76 prisoners of war tunneled their way out of German captivity during World War II, will be commemorated Sunday. The ceremony was held in Poland. A war camp in a snowy forest. The ceremony was attended by […]
English Nazi collaborators may have aided recapture of ‘great escape’ PoWs | Second world war
This was one of the most famous heroic failures of World War II, when dozens of German prisoners of war made a “great escape” from a German prison camp by tunneling under electrical wires. As loosely depicted in the 1963 film The Great Escape, 76 British and international air force personnel successfully escaped from Stalag […]
DeSantis officials blast Axios for boosting claim that parental rights protections parallel Nazi persecution
Florida and other red states have enacted laws and policies to protect children from harm. Irreversible genital mutilation and fertility drugs The same goes for sexist and racist propaganda in the classroom. Axios boosted On Tuesday, malicious suggestions that these popular Republican initiatives, especially the Florida one, are Nazi-like. Axios participated jake newsomeThe self-proclaimed historian […]
Pope’s ‘white flag’ Ukraine comment compared to Nazi appeasement
Pope Francis’ statement that Ukraine should have the “courage of the white flag” to negotiate an end to the war with Russia has sparked a storm of criticism from Ukrainian and allied officials, including a call for appeasement of World War II. Some brought up the specter of policies of Nazi Germany. A Vatican spokesperson […]