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swastika
thumb|The swastika is a symbol with many styles and meanings and has been used in many cultures and religions around the world for millennia. thumb|The Cultural appropriation|appropriation of the swastika by the [[Nazi Party (1920–1945) is the most recognisable modern usage of the symbol in the Western world.]]
Nazi salute
gesture that was used as a greeting in Nazi Germany
Iron Cross
military decoration in the Kingdom of Prussia, and later in the German Empire (1870–1918) and Nazi Germany
Horst-Wessel-Lied
The "'" (), also known by its incipit "'" (, ), was the anthem of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) from 1930 to 1945. From 1933 to 1945, the Nazis made it the co-national anthem of Germany, along with the first stanza of the "".
Black Sun (symbol)
The Black Sun is a type of sun wheel symbol originating in Nazi Germany and later employed by neo-Nazis and other far-right individuals and groups. It first appeared in Nazi Germany as a design element in a castle at Wewelsburg, remodeled and expanded by the head of the Schutzstaffel (SS), Heinrich Himmler, which he intended to serve as the SS's center. The symbol appeared nowhere else in Nazi Germany. The symbol's design consists of twelve radial sig runes similar to those that made up the SS logo.
Nazi symbolism
Symbols used by Nazi ideologues
SS-Ehrenring
thumb|SS-Ehrenring The SS-Ehrenring (German for "SS honour ring"), unofficially called Totenkopfring ("Death's Head ring" or "skull ring"), was an award of the Schutzstaffel (SS). The ring was not a state decoration but rather a personal gift bestowed by Heinrich Himmler to SS members of distinction. It became a highly sought-after award, one which could not be bought or sold, and counterfeit replicas were produced. The SS Honour Sword and SS Honour Dagger were similar awards.
toothbrush moustache
style of moustache which are vertical (or nearly vertical) rather than tapered, giving the moustache hairs the appearance of toothbrush bristles
Wolfsangel
'''''' (, translation: "wolf's hook") or '''' () is a heraldic charge from mainly Germany and eastern France, which was inspired by medieval European wolf traps that consisted of a Z-shaped metal hook (called the Wolfsangel, or the crampon in French) that was hung by a chain from a crescent-shaped metal bar (called the ', or the in French). The stylized symbol of the Z-shape (also called the ', meaning the "double-hook") can include a central horizontal bar to give a Ƶ-symbol, which can be reversed and/or rotated; it is sometimes mistaken as being an ancient rune due to its similarity to the "
Othala
' is a rune that is transliterated as o and œ in the Elder Futhark and the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc writing systems respectively. It is known as ("inheritance, home, native land") in Old English, from which hypothetical Proto-Germanic names such as ' have been reconstructed.
Totenkopf
thumb|220px|August von Mackensen, German field marshal in hussar full dress prior to 1914, with the Totenkopf on his fur busby Totenkopf (, ) is a German compound word for death's head. The word is often used to denote a figurative, graphic or sculptural symbol, common in Western culture, consisting of the representation of a human skull – usually frontal, more rarely in profile with or without the mandible. In some cases, other human skeletal parts may be added, often including two crossed long bones (femurs) depicted below or behind the skull (when it may be referred to in English as a "skul
Reichsadler
The '''''''''' (, "Imperial Eagle") is the heraldic eagle, derived from the Roman eagle standard, used by the Holy Roman Emperors, later by the Emperors of Austria and in modern coat of arms of Austria and Germany. The term is also translated as "Reich's Eagle."
SS-Ehrendegen
type of weapon of honour, used between 1935 and 1945 as an award for SS men in Nazi Germany
Tiwaz
rune
Imperial War Flag
thumb|German, Prussian, and Austrian war ensigns, including those called "" The term '''''' (, ) refers to several war flags and war ensigns used by the German armed forces in history. A total of eight different designs were used in 1848–1849 and between 1867–1871 and 1945.
Elon Musk gesture controversy
controversy involving Elon Musk
runic insignia of the Schutzstaffel
insignia based on two identical runes used by the Nazi paramilitary and military organisation "Schutzstaffel" (SS)
Nazi songs
Songs created or used by the National Socialist German Workers' Party
flag of the German Empire
flag
Strafgesetzbuch section 86a
German law which restricts the use of insignias of banned organizations
bans on fascist symbols
legality of fascistiska and Nazi symbols after World War 2