Found this in a German basement. Isn’t the display of that particular symbol illegal in Germany? Does that also apply if it has been there since… ?

by FemaleStrength

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  1. You can have as many swastikas in your cellar as you want.

    It only illegal in a public context.

  2. This isn’t a “display” under the relevant law. Swastikas are allowed to exist.

  3. Is this a private basement, or a space accessible to the public/other people?

  4. It’s illegal to publicly display it if you are disseminating Nazi propaganda, or in a manner likely to cause a breach of the peace, that kind of thing.

    It’s weird to see this randomly appear on a basement floor, but it’s not on public display, and it doesn’t seem to be associated with any political propaganda. Who’s to say it’s even a Nazi swastika? Several cultures and religions completely unconnected with the Nazi regime use that same symbol.

  5. its somewhat strange that there is a single swastika on the ground in a basement. it looks like something was around or over it? i know swastika tiles from the nazi area.. but just a single one on the ground is odd. Maybe it marks a secret spot and something is under it? looks also like cracks in the floor around it… “Secret area unlocked” :-p

  8. Oh, they need to tear the building down now… no other option left 🤷‍♂️

  9. Under there’s the entrance to the secret Nazi Tunnel leading all the way to Hitler’s antartic hideout. (/s?)

  10. That distinct frame and adjacent colouring indicate that a sprayer’s stencil was tested here.
    Yeah…

  11. If you can’t get “rid of it”, i would suggest adding dots on the inside of the arms.

    Voila! You now have a Hindu Swastik. Would also help get rid of the bad Nazi juju.

    🕉️

  12. My wife has some smily stickers she slaps on any right wing trash…

    Its like a small turf war. We know who posts them…

  13. No, its not illegal as it is not a public display. But think of how awful someone had to be as a person to create this shit. It’s a stencil, right? And probably not from 1940. Get rid of it and then give the owner a really hard time.

  15. Depends on context of displaying it. To support or glorify nazi ideology, verboten. In proper historical context it’s always okay. Everything in between can be gray zone but OP posting this is OK.

  16. Be a good person, get a hammer and chisel and get to work.

  17. This post contains one of the German things ever – all those hobby lawyers in here throwing with paragraphs and telling you this is legal or not legal. So funny. 😂

  21. They are everywhere in Asia, for Buddhism and Hinduism.

  22. My money is on the ark of the convenant being buried there.

  23. >***It can lie dormant for years and years in furniture and linen chests****; it bides its time in bedrooms, cellars, trunks, and bookshelves; and then some day, some year, it wakes up again and comes out to remind us of a truth we had forgotten: that there is more than one way to die.*

    Albert Camus
    The Plague

  25. Bro open the floor and tell us what’s in there. Seems to be a marked hidden treasure area.

  26. I think you should start to dig in your cellar. Mayve you find the Amber room or the entrance to the tunnel where the Nazi gold train is hidden

  27. It looks like somebody made a stencil and tried it out with a can of spray paint. I am not sure when spray paint became available, but I am willing to bet that it was some time after 1945.

    So you live in a house that was previously occupied by an idiot….

    (Also, the symbol is badly centered on the square. A REAL German would have made sure that it is perfectly aligned /s)

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