Back أعلام ألمانيا النازية Arabic Сцяг Трэцяга рэйха Byelorussian Флаг на Третия райх Bulgarian Bandera de la Alemania nazi Spanish پرچم آلمان نازی Persian Drapeau de l'Allemagne nazie French דגל גרמניה הנאצית HE A Harmadik Birodalom zászlóinak képtára Hungarian Bandiere della Germania nazista Italian ナチス・ドイツの国旗 Japanese

Flag of Nazi Germany

Flag of Nazi Germany (1935–1945)
UseNational flag and ensign Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag
Proportion3:5
Adopted15 September 1935
Relinquished23 May 1945
DesignA horizontal flag featuring a red background with a black swastika on a white disk
Designed byAdolf Hitler
Flag of Nazi Germany (1933–1935)
UseNational flag and ensign Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag
Proportion3:5
Adopted14 March 1933
Relinquished15 September 1935
DesignA horizontal tricolour of black, white, and red

The flag of Nazi Germany, officially called the Reich and National Flag (German: Reichs- und Nationalflagge[1]), featured a red background with a black swastika on a white disk. This flag came into use initially as the banner of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP), commonly known as the Nazi Party, after its foundation in 1920.[2] Shortly after the appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor in 1933, this flag was adopted as mandatory for use, while the national one was the black-white-red triband of the German Empire.[3] One year after death of President Paul von Hindenburg, this arrangement ended. The Nazis banned usage of the imperial tricolour, labelling it as "reactionary",[4] and made their party flag the national flag of Germany as a part of the Nuremberg Laws in 1935,[1] which it remained until the end of World War II and the fall of the Third Reich.

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