![[All-Germanic Heathens' Front (Germany)]](../images/d/de}ahf.gif)
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image by Alvin Helms, 29 October 1999
I do not know very much about the AHF. They appear to combine the usual
elements of political nationalism and cultural racism. Curiously though,
they are vehemently anti-Christian, and want to restore the pre-Christian
religions of northern Europe. They are not exclusively German, but rather
Germanic. In addition to Germany, they have branches in Denmark, Iceland,
Norway, Sweden, Flanders, and the Netherlands. Note the strong resemblance
to the flag of the Hitler Jugend, with the
alghiz
rune in place of a swastika.
Alvin Helms, 29 October 1999
The alghiz rune was used in Germanic alphabet from 3rd to 13th
century, and had meaning of life and death, depending on which side was
up.
Željko Heimer, 30 October 1999
![[German Heathens' Front (Germany)]](../images/d/de}dhf1.gif)
image by Alvin Helms, 29 October 1999
This is one of two flags shown on the website [which one?] for the specifically-German
branch of the Allgermanische Heidnische Front.
The central image is the Eye of Wotan (Woden, Odin, etc.). Like the AHF,
this flag also uses the algiz rune, in this case both upright and
reversed.
Alvin Helms, 29 October 1999
![[War Ensign 1903-1919 (Germany)]](../images/d/de-impwa.gif)
3:5 image by Carsten Linke
![[Jack 1903-1919 (Germany)]](../images/d/de~1903j.gif)
![[Jack 1903-1919 (Germany), modern variant]](../images/d/de!1903j.gif)
both by Marcus Schmöger
Imperial Jack 1903-1919 and modern variant
The Reichskriegsflagge 1867-1919
is reported to be in use by German neonazi groups.
António Martins, 27 May 1998
The black-white-red colours of the German Empire
1871-1919 are prominently displayed [by the NPD
and other parties]. These colours are displayed in party conventions and
during demonstrations. NPD demonstrators wave
different versions of black-white-red:
- plain black-white-red,
- black-white-red with a black Iron Cross (essentially the Imperial
jack 1871-1919 and 1933-1935, also War
Ensign 1933-1935, above left),
- a variant of the latter flag with a slimmer Iron Cross (above right)
and
- black-white-red with black-red-gold in the canton (the German
Civil Ensign 1919-1933).
There are certainly other variants of black-white-red (historical or
not) that are produced by flagmakers for right extremists and used by them,
for example with inscriptions.
Marcus Schmöger, 14 August 2000
It is my understanding that in Germany today, in addition to Nazi
flags being banned, flags from the Kaiserreich
era are also banned, notably the German naval ensign.
Anonymous, 4 February 2001
Issue 11 (12th March 2001) of the German weekly news magazine Der
Spiegel, p. 76, showed this picture
of a Weimar Republic flag on display at the shop of NPD
party members in Ehringshausen (Hesse) — obviously because of the black-white-red
colours. It is the state ensign 1926-1933.
Marcus Schmöger, 19 March 2001
![[Unidentified Flag (Germany)]](../images/d/de}npdhs.gif)
image by Hermann von Condé, 6 February 2004
Marcus Schmöger reported a photograph in the German weekly news
magazine Der Spiegel, 2001, issue 1, p. 57, showing an NPD demonstration
(photograph scanned here).
There seems to be a flag at the bottom left of the picture, black field
with two crossed red "things" (most possibly swords) fimbriated in gold
(detail here).
Santiago Dotor, 26 January 2001
The same flag, plus one with a black-white-red canton, appears in this
photograph scanned by Marcus Schmöger from issue 13 (26th March
2001) of the German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel, p. 23, showing
an(other) NPD demonstration.
Santiago Dotor, 30 May 2001
This (...) black flag with a red hammer and sword crossing over each
other (...) is an official NPD flag (...).
Hermann von Condé, 6 February 2004
This unidentified flag is not a flag of the NPD.
Have in mind that demonstrations are not restricted to members of parties.
Maybe it is a flag of another organization, but not of the NPD.
Winfried Krauß, 8 February 2004
I came across the "Unidentified Flag" in the German Neo-Nazi Flag section.
In the picture shown, there is only a small portion of the flag which is
visible. I wanted to send two examples of what the flag probably is. I
don't believe the flags actually belong to any certain organization.
BillyBoy, 23 Jul 2002
![[Adler Flag]](../images/d/de_adler.gif)
image by BillyBoy, 23 Jul 2002
See above
![[Hammer Flag]](../images/d/de_hammr.gif)
image by BillyBoy, 23 Jul 2002
See above
image by Marcus Schmöger, 28 Mar 2003
The neonazi SRP (Sozialistische Reichspartei = Socialist Empire Party)
was forbidden in 1952 by the Federal Constitutional Court. I had reported
on the party and the flag already (10 Sep 2001), but without an image.
My reconstruction of the flag (black eagle on red) is based on the eagle
used by the SRP in party publications. I am still unsure about the exact
pattern of the flag, though.
Marcus Schmöger, 28 Mar 2003
(1) 
(2) images by Marcus Schmöger, 28 Mar 2003
A very active and violent group was the ANS/NA (Aktionsfront Nationaler
Sozialisten / Nationale Aktivisten = Action Front National Socialists
/ National Activists), banned in 1983. This group used two different flags:
the one was a black-white-red horizontal triband with the party symbol
in the center (a rune-like "S" in a rectangle divided diagonally black-white-red);
the other one was an obvious variant of the swastika flag, called the "reverse
swastika": a red flag with a white disk, in which appeared black the parts
that had remained white in the original swastika (between the arms).
Marcus Schmöger, 28 Mar 2003
image by Marcus Schmöger, 28 Mar 2003
Also banned in 1995 was the NL (Nationale Liste = National List), which
used a black flag with white inscription "NL".
Marcus Schmöger, 28 Mar 2003
