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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours ago

IOC criticised for selling Nazi-era Olympics T-shirt

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IOC criticised for selling Nazi-era Olympics T-shirt

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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours ago
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Olympic body criticised for selling Nazi-era Games T-shirt
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The International Olympic Committee defends the T-shirt as being part of its Heritage Collection, celebrating styles from all editions of the Games.
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    Should everything relating to nazi-era Germany be banned?

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      Merch made with Nazi symbology on it? Yes, it should.

      This isn’t a textbook or educational work - it’s promotional merchandise made purely for profit.

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        This doesn’t have any Nazi symbology on it.

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          The Nazi Reichsadler is a Nazi symbol, it’s a distinct design.

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            Sure is. And it’s distinctly not what’s pictured.

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          The round thing under the eagle is a Nazi symbol. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_cross?wprov=sfla1

          It’s also an ancient symbol for the sun, but so is the swastika.

          EDIT: It looks like the whole image is the Nazi designed poster for the Olympics. Like I said in my other comment, they could have just used an image of Jesse Owens for that particular Olympics. Would have been a better message.

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            It’s the statue on top of the Brandenburg gate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg_Gate It was built long before the nazis. Doesn’t change the fact that it’s a nazi propaganda poster though.

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            It’s an iron cross, added in 1815. It predates Naziism by over a hundred years. https://www.history.com/articles/brandenburg-gate-a-brief-history

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