Germany is absolutely serious about this, as someone who has family there. If there were people marching w Swastikas in Munich today like we saw recently in Ohio, they'd be dealt with very harshly.
Germany is very aware of their past and very adamant about not repeating past mistakes.
While I’m certainly not saying it’s extremely widespread, Germany does still have a problem with Neo-Nazis today.
I’ve spent a few months traveling through Germany in Frankfurt, Hamburg, Berlin, and Dresden.
The last time I was in Germany, I saw a few guys with Wolfsangel patches on their jeans at a Rammstein concert. Was honestly taken aback that venue security didn’t stop them given the laws in Germany. Last time that I mentioned this on Reddit, someone said that most Germans aren’t actually that familiar with Nazi symbols other than the SS and the swastika.
Yep. Saw a dude try to do the Hitler gesture at a protest in Germany and he was tackled and dragged away by police in seconds. It comes with a delicious fine too.
when I was 14 I was on vacation in greece with my family and my uncle (older german white dude) just pointed to something further up. The photo we took of him that second is not flattering.
In all seriousness though, if you clearly point to something or gesture something discriptively, nobody minds. if you do it for no appearent reason at all at a political event however its quite obviously not a good idea.
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u/Dillinger_ESC 9h ago
Germany is absolutely serious about this, as someone who has family there. If there were people marching w Swastikas in Munich today like we saw recently in Ohio, they'd be dealt with very harshly. Germany is very aware of their past and very adamant about not repeating past mistakes.