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4->"''They're practically Nazis about the no-Nazis thing.''"
5-->-- '''Scott Sharkey''', [[http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3138296 "Memoirs of an Urban Vigilante"]]
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7Many a UsefulNotes/WorldWarII–based game will not use a swastika (''Hakenkreuz'') to symbolise [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany the Nazis]], instead using the Iron Cross (still a symbol of today's German Army, ''Bundeswehr'', albeit a modified version), the red-white-black tricolor of the 1871–1918 [[UsefulNotes/ImperialGermany German Empire]] (which was briefly re-used by the Nazi regime alongside the Hakenkreuz flag from 1933 to 1935), or alternatively the Balkenkreuz (pictured at right).
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9There's a simple reason for this -- in Germany, Russia, and some other countries, the display of anything Nazi-related in public is prohibited unless it's for educational, artistic, or scientific purposes, plus a lot of other contexts. This allows for the use of these symbols in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII–set films (which are considered art -- yes, even ''Franchise/IndianaJones''). However, toys and games were not usually covered by these exceptions (at least in Germany) until August 2018, when the German video game rating bureau USK decided to allow swastikas in video games on a case-by-case basis provided they were "socially adequate", meaning they have to serve an artistic purpose (such as in ''VideoGame/WolfensteinIITheNewColossus'') or be used to represent historical events. Also, neo-Fascists have been [[ANaziByAnyOtherName known to appropriate various other symbols for their own ends]], usually pagan ones. German Neo-Nazi groups choose to use symbols of UsefulNotes/ImperialGermany instead, which highly annoys German monarchist groups.
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11The USK also refused to rate video games which use swastikas in their non-historical context, meaning that a swastika had to be an explicit reference to the National Socialist German Workers party and any other references that is attributed to the swastika (such as a Buddhist symbol for good luck, a fictional villain or [[ThoseWackyNazis cartoonish Nazis]]) were not allowed. Consequently, Nazi symbols are still not used in games released in Germany, probably due to developers worldwide being so accustomed to being ''unable'' to put them in the games, and thus voluntarily continuing the tradition of an utter lack of Nazi symbols themselves. It saves money to have only one version, avoids losing a market with over 80 million residents, and if the game is online, it makes sure that the German version is compatible with that of the rest of the world.
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13It is odd that video games do this, as [[AmericansHateTingle Germany is a relatively poor market for war-based games to begin with]], especially compared to the United States, Russia, and the United Kingdom. The only markets that prefer niche Japanese games at all times (like Japan and France) and places where the video game market is small. That being said, really mainstream FPS titles (like ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'') do fare well and still sell in the millions. The German video game market is also only the biggest market for simulator titles and city building games. These are all genres where a swastika has no real reason to appear or exist besides for [[BlackComedy humorous purposes]]. So most of what makes Germany's thriving video game scene has almost no real reason to use UsefulNotes/WorldWarII symbolism.
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15However, practically no one in English-speaking cultures knows this. Thus this trope, which often leads to censorship of swastikas in contexts that have ''nothing to do'' with the Nazis. Not only were the Nazis, well, Nazis, they were also [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking plagiarists]] (unless they were [[StupidJetpackHitler time travelers]]). When people in English-speaking countries hear that there are No Swastikas because of German censorship, this may lead to UnfortunateImplications, as it is tempting to conclude that [[EntertaininglyWrong "the Germans are trying to push revisionist history and pretend the Nazis were never in power!"]]; and it's not only them, even modern Germans may offer this suggestion as the reason for excessive No Swastikas trope use. The official explanation is, of course, the absolute non-endorsement of the symbol, which even got a politician in trouble when she used the symbol in a context of anti-Nazism (to elaborate, a fist crushing it), but for this kind of use, the symbol is alright after the German equivalent of the Supreme Court changed things for such cases. (For the record, conspiracy theories denying UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust are also illegal in Germany.)
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17That said, the older tradition about Buddhist and Hinduist swastikas, used as a protective symbol, can sometimes be found in supernatural series like ''Series/KolchakTheNightStalker'' and ''Series/TheXFiles''. There was even a real life instance during the Rape of Nanjing when the German businessman (he worked for Siemens, and was also a Nazi Party Member) John Rabe [[PetTheDog set up a protected area for refugees from the Japanese terror]] under the German flag, with its big swastika. Thus, for thousands of Chinese, even the Nazi swastika returned to its Hindu meaning.
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19Technically, the relevant law in Germany prohibits "anti-constitutional" symbols (movements openly seeking the overthrow of Germany's democratic system), not just far-right ones. The UsefulNotes/{{West German|y}} government initially deemed the flag of UsefulNotes/EastGermany to be a criminal symbol and outlawed it, before lifting the ban in 1969 with the normalization of relations with their East German counterparts. To this day, the flag of the former Communist Party of Germany (KPD) is banned, although the hammer and sickle is not. Many countries have similar bans on the display of "totalitarian symbols" — Hungary, for instance, bans the display of the symbols of the Nazis, the Soviets, and the Arrow Cross Party. Lithuania passed a similar law in 2008 — [[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7459976.stm also extending it to Soviet symbols]]. And Latvia was warned in 2006 not to put swastikas — an ancient propitious symbol for them, too — [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_use_of_the_Swastika_in_the_early_20th_century#Latvia on gifts intended for NATO ambassadors]]. After all, the Germans wouldn't have been able to take them back home...
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21There is one particularly annoying case with the swastika when it is used as a Buddhist symbol of peace. It's shaped like a straightened Swastika, but may be mirrored compared to the Nazi swastika (clockwise or counterclockwise vs. the Nazi swastika's invariably clockwise), which leads to confusion in Western countries, as well as the MoralGuardians running around like headless chickens whenever one appears. As the export market has become increasingly important for Japanese creators of anime and manga, and despite the fact that swastikas are okay in Japan due to their original Buddhist significance, many creators are nonetheless preemptively avoiding swastikas in order to make their works easier to export.[[note]]The swastika symbol is an actual character in both the Japanese and Chinese written languages, with a character for both the original and a mirrored version. It's called "manji" and "wanzi" respectively.[[/note]] Examples include ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', where the swastika on Neji's forehead was changed to an X, and ''Franchise/OnePiece'', where Whitebeard's logo was changed from a swastika to a cross. While it may seem like these changes were [[{{Bowdlerise}} Bowdlerization]] by foreign localizers, these changes were actually mandated by [[ExecutiveMeddling Japanese executives]], presumably so that foreign localizers wouldn't have to go through the trouble of doing the Bowdlerization themselves.
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23Contrast with UsefulNotes/NonNaziSwastika.
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31* In the original serialization of ''Manga/KaijuGirlCaramelise'', Rairi's makeup bag had an image of a manji on the front, referencing the slang phrase "maji manji" popular among teenagers. This was changed to the text "Maji Manji" in stylized English for the official Japanese volume releases.
32* In the manga series ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', Neji Hyūga has a seal with a swastika on his forehead. In the anime version, the mark was changed to [[http://gallery.minitokyo.net/view/363307 resemble a simple "X".]] This is also the case with [[spoiler:Hizashi Hyuga, resurrected by Kabuto's Edo Tensei spell.]] While the monthly releases of the English manga have the swastikas replaced with x's, the symbols are retained in the volume releases.
33* In ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'', one of the contenders in Genkai's tournament has a swastika tattoo on his forehead. Naturally, it was edited from the Toonami airing on Creator/CartoonNetwork.
34** The [[WebVideo/YuYuHakushoAbridged Abridged Series]] lampshades it during his fight; Yusuke calls him a Nazi then his opponent corrects him by saying it's a Buddhist mark (which the swastika was, until Hitler warped it into the symbol of hatred and evil most of the Western world knows it as today).
35** The manga version keeps it, but drops a long footnote explaining how it is ''most certainly not a Swastika'' in the first panel in which he appeared.
36* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', the symbol of the Whitebeard pirates in the manga originally had a swastika in it, but the anime adaptation changed it to a cross made of bones, and it was changed later on in the manga with an in-story HandWave.
37* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
38** The quillon of Ichigo's sword is swastika-shaped. In keeping with the Buddhist symbolism for harmony of spirit, Ichigo's journey through the manga has been one of seeking balance and harmony with three different aspects of his soul. For much of the manga, this quillon only appears when he activates Bankai. This is almost a pun as the kanji for "ban" in Bankai means "complete" or "final". While Bankai is the "Final Release" of a Zanpakutou, an alternate reading is "Final Solution". In the Lost Agent Arc, when Ichigo's power develops the shape of his sword's quillon, the anime [[{{Bowdlerise}} changes the shape]] slightly to a square despite retaining the true shape on the sword itself.
39** The Quincies have always had extremely strong Teutonic Knight themes. When they modernise, their Teutonic Knight themes morph into Nazi themes that also possess very heavy UsefulNotes/ImperialGermany overtones. This creates a military uniform that is extremely similar to the Nazi uniform and an organisational hierarchy that is inspired more by the German Empire than Nazi Germany. The new Quincy Cross is influenced by the Iron Cross, not the swastika. So far, despite the Nazi themes of the Vandenreich, the swastika itself has barely been associated with them and predominantly remains Ichigo's symbol. [[spoiler:Ichigo is later revealed to be half-Quincy via his mother and his power, which manifested the Swastika symbol, was actually his Quincy power masquerading as Shinigami power. When his true Shinigami power and Quincy power are properly balanced, the Swastika disappears.]]
40* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' the cries of "Sieg Zeon!" at the state funeral of [[spoiler:Garma Zabi]] and at all other points were changed to "Hail Zeon!" for the English language version. This may have been somewhat more effective if the Zabis weren't so blatantly [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Nazis]] InSpace.
41** Ginias Sahalin in the English dub of the 08th MS Team also uses "Sieg Zeon!" as a rallying cry, at least in the uncut dub.
42** The Nazi motto ''Sieg Heil'' literally means "hail to victory". ''Sieg Zeon'' just means "victory Zeon", which makes no sense except as GratuitousGerman for "Victory ''to'' Zeon". It was modified into something more grammatically correct and sensible for the English dub.
43** Related is a scene late in the original series, where [[BigBad Gihren Zabi]] is compared to Hitler by his own father, and subsequently turns it into InsultBackfire; the Toonami broadcast had them discuss fascism instead, though the uncut dub retained the original dialouge.
44** And of course, that's before we get into how later productions, primarily ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory'' and ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket Gundam 0080]]'', push the "Zeon = Nazis" thing to great lengths with uniforms and flags that are explicitly modeled on Nazi regalia (the only change being the Zeon emblem replacing the swastika). And then you recall how as of late, more and more ''Gundam'' stories [[RootingForTheEmpire paint Zeon as brave rebel heroes]]...
45*** What is funny is that the ideology of Zeon is called "Zeonism" and has been interpreted both with Hitler's "Master Race" ''and'' Zionist "Chosen People"-angles throughout the series, depending on whether Zeon is painted as sympathetic or not.
46*** It's also "funny" that the name "Zeon" was apparently taken by Tomino from the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "Patterns of Force" -- that's right, the one with the Nazis. Except... he accidentally borrowed the wrong name. The Zeons were the analogy for the Jews, with another group, the Ekosians, actually being the Nazis...
47* In ''Manga/BlackLagoon'', the Neo-Nazi group that the cast fights against for two whole episodes is using the old SA logo, possibly a reference to Neo-Nazi groups evading the Swastika ban by using other symbols in real life. Their employer wears an SS ring, and in flashbacks to the event that launched the arc -- the last trip of a German submarine right before the end of the war -- some Swastika flags are seen.
48* One chapter of ''Manga/ApollosSong'' has the main character incarnated as a young soldier in Nazi Germany, escorting a trainload of prisoners to a concentration camp. Naturally, there isn't a swastika to be found.
49* ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'' confused many Westerners when in one episode where Onizuka brings back his old bike gang together, he is seen [[http://twitpic.com/1ij6pp/full covering his face with a swastika]]. It is a full on German right-facing diamond-shaped swastika (but roughly drawn and lacking the white circle). It is currently unknown how this was handled in Germany, as it is uncensored in the English dub ([[MoralGuardians hard to believe, I know]]).
50* The manga ''Manga/BladeOfTheImmortal'' has the ''Manji'' as the emblem of the main character, whose name is Manji also. Many of the collected manga have an explanation about it in the foreword. The German translation outright [[https://web.archive.org/web/20111117090136/http://www.blogcdn.com/www.comicsalliance.com/media/2011/11/untitled-2-1320782409.jpg turns it into an X-mark,]] while the 2019 anime [[https://aniverse-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/dce0291431bbbbfe7c520aba8e38afe2.jpg modifies it to be a bit less recognizable.]]
51* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' Part 2, ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Battle Tendency]]'', is actually set just before World War II (1938 to be precise) and features Nazis prominently. The original manga didn't shy away from using the term, but the AnimatedAdaptation simply uses "Germany" or "Germans" instead. This includes the [[MemeticMutation memetic]] part where Rudol von Stroheim declares "German science is the greatest in the world!", but he still does the infamous Nazi salute while saying it.
52* In ''Anime/{{K}}'', when there are flashbacks to the trio of scientists in Dresden in 1944-45 who found the power-giving Slates, no historical names of people or groups are mentioned (although they do their work in a real location), and although the German siblings wear red armbands, there is no insignia shown on them at all. The brother who survives the bombing ends up [[spoiler:being [[AmnesiacHero memory-wiped]] and [[BodySnatcher body-swapped]] into the ''main character'']], so it would be particularly troublesome to have pictures of him wearing them. For the record, he probably [[WideEyedIdealist wasn't too aware]] of what was going on around him, and what his superiors would have done with his magic device had he completed his work on it for them.
53* Creator/MichiyoAkaishi's ''Manga/HonooNoAlpenRose'', which happens in pre-UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Switzerland and Austria, ''averts'' this trope since {{Amnesiac Hero}}ine Jeudi sees swastikas several times when she's in Austria [[spoiler:while she searches for her soon-to-be ally Leonhart]]. In fact, one of these turns out to ''vital'' to the plot: Jeudi panics when she sees a "black cross" and runs down a flight of stairs [[spoiler:which triggers one of her lost childhood memories, one that has her father (a member of [[LaResistance an anti-Nazi Austria group]]) pulling her away as they try to leave the country, which will lead to their separation.]] See [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ohno_9.png here]] and [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/swastika.png here]].
54* A Hitler-expy escapes Hell with the rest of the dead in ''Anime/DragonBallZFusionReborn''. His flag has an X similar to a Tomanian flag from ''Film/TheGreatDictator'' instead of a swastika.
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58* In the ''TabletopGame/{{Pokemon}}'' card game, the Japanese version of the "Koga's Ninja Trick" card showed a [[UsefulNotes/NonNaziSwastika swastika-like symbol]][[note]]Actually omote manji, a good-luck symbol from Buddhism[[/note]] in the background along with illustrations of a Golbat and Ditto, which was edited to a generic Asian-looking seal on the international versions of the card.
59** This is the reason why a few Jewish groups thought that ''Pokémon'' was anti-Semitic, according to Website/TheOtherWiki. On the other side of the coin, the Islamic authorities in Saudi Arabia noticed that one of the energy symbols (a six-pointed star) vaguely resembled the Star of David, declared the game to contain subliminal Zionist propaganda and [[BannedInChina banned it]].
60* In the German language version of ''TabletopGame/IlluminatiNewWorldOrder'', the "Hitler's Brain" card is replaced with "Jack the Ripper's Diary".
61** Yet they were able to keep "[[ArgentinaIsNaziland South American Nazis]]", which the Germans find funny rather than offensive, apparently.
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65* Any appearances of the swastika are routinely edited out by German publishers of the medium. However, in an issue of the DC/Marvel crossover event "Amalgam Comics" (Namely, "Super Soldier", a mixture of ComicBook/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/CaptainAmerica), two thirds of a swastika on the edge of a panel were missed. This was apparently enough to warrant a thorough search of an unfortunate comic book store by the related authorities.
66* American publishers generally prefer not to include swastikas on covers, though they're usually fine with having them in the interior artwork. One example: the third issue of ''[[Comicbook/NickFury Fury]]: Peacemaker'', a Marvel Comics series set in World War II, features a Nazi officer on the cover. His outfit is drawn to be historically accurate, which means it includes a swastika on his hat. Rather than change the art, Marvel strategically placed the book's logo so it covered up the swastika. You can see the untouched artwork in the collected edition of the series.
67* This trope is how Earth-X (an alternate timeline of the Franchise/DCUniverse where UsefulNotes/WorldWarII was still going on in the present day, and the Nazis had conquered almost everyone except the USA) got its name: the original creators wanted to call it Earth-Swastika (only using the symbol rather than the word). Julius Schwartz, the editor, rubbed out the arms of the swastika to make it an X, and [[WordOfGod stated that there would never be an Earth-Swastika at DC as long as he had anything to say about it]]. Ironically, both Schwartz and the curators who ''wanted'' the swastika were ethnically Jewish.
68* Subverted with the German superheroine Iron Cross. During a fight with some Neo-Nazis in ''[[Comicbook/TheInvadersMarvelComics All-New Invaders]]'', she defends her choice of name by pointing out that the Iron Cross as a symbol predates the Nazis, and has nothing to do with their hateful views or actions.
69* ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' is a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover where Adenoid Hynkel from ''Film/TheGreatDictator'' exists in place of Hitler. Here the fictional Tomainia's "Double Cross" flag is used in place of a swastika.
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73* Around 2004 Microsoft pushed a '''critical''' [[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833407 Update 833407]] to ''MS Office 2003'' through Windows Update. The description read: ''This item updates the Bookshelf Symbol 7 font included in some Microsoft products. The UsefulNotes/{{font|s}} has been found to contain unacceptable symbols. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.'' Three symbols are removed from the font: two swastikas, and one star of David.
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77* The ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'' fan/photo comic ''Abe and Kroenen'' uses action figures of said characters. One of Kroenen's figurines is from the beginning of the movie and omits the white circle and black swastika from his red armband (he gets to keep his hat and BadassLongcoat).
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81* ''Film/GodzillaRaidsAgain'': The nightclub scene includes stock footage of an actual Japanese stage show. This would be fine as far as it goes... except that the performance was very painfully obviously taken from pre-1945 propaganda footage, complete with draped Imperial Japanese, Fascist Italian and ''Nazi German'' flags. This predictably causes problems for most everybody who wants to release or air the film today. Most times, they superimpose a black or grey disc over the swastika and call it good... [[SpecialEffectsFailure which invariably fails as the disc is stationary while the film has the traditional jitter]].
82* The Richard Burton film ''Film/Bluebeard1972'' is set in Austria in the 1930s, and the title character is seen wearing what looks like [[https://web.archive.org/web/20140331225916/http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zjskVfqaT48/UwSEek4qj_I/AAAAAAAAMyw/7BF39WMW8ZA/s1600/Bluebeard_1972_Austria.jpg a rather goofy-looking workaround for the swastika]], but it is in fact a real-life symbol that represented the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatherland_Front_(Austria) Fatherland Front]], a fascist group that [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_State_of_Austria did rule Austria in the 1930s]] before Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany. (Nazi Germany's desire to annex Austria is why they ironically, despite being fascist, were fervently anti-Nazi.) Why this retelling of the ''Literature/{{Bluebeard}}'' legend was given such a SettingUpdate is anybody's guess. That being said, outside the insignia, Bluebeard and his group seems to try to look more like the Nazis, since their standard resembles the Nazi flag more than the [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_the_Fatherland_Front_of_Austria.svg/320px-Flag_of_the_Fatherland_Front_of_Austria.svg.png Fatherland Front's actual flag]].
83* The third ''Film/HarryPalmer'' film, ''Film/BillionDollarBrain'', has its main villain in the demented, Communist-hating General Midwinter and his private army. The logo on Midwinter's oil tankers, placing an 'M' directly over a 'W', seems deliberately meant to resemble a swastika.
84* There are swastikas aplenty in ''Film/TheProducers'', although it's to be expected given that their scheme hangs on a play called ''SpringtimeForHitler''. But they don't just have them, they make jokes about them too, which probably not just averts this trope but stomps all over it.
85-->'''Carmen Ghia:''' May I take your hats, your coats, and your swastikas?
86** This is understandable, considering the play is ''supposed'' to be as horrifically offensive as possible.
87** The German version of ''The Producers'' has swastikas too. The musical itself was not modified but in every piece of advertisement they replaced it with a pretzel.
88** Mel Brooks has stated that his intention with shenanigans like ''The Producers'' is to make Hitler [[AdolfHitlarious so ridiculous that no one can take him seriously anymore.]] Given what a LargeHam Der Fuhrer was, it's not exactly a gargantuan challenge.
89-->'''Liebkind:''' You made ze Fuehrer look like a fool!\
90'''Bialystock and Bloom:''' He didn't need our help!
91* An early example of this appeared in 1936's ''Film/CharlieChan At The Olympics'', which were, of course, held in UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}} that year; all the numerous swastikas that appear (including on UsefulNotes/TheHindenburg) are carefully [[{{Pixellation}} blotted out]].
92* The Judean People's Front Suicide Squad in ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian'' march around speaking in hacked up German accents wearing a swastika intertwined with a Star of David on their heads. A rare deleted scene (you can find it on some versions of the DVD) has Brian talking to the leader of the squad, Otto, who tells him that their mission is to create a 'pure Jewish society' without all the "gypsies and gays and suchlike".
93* When ''Film/SinCity'' was released in France and other parts of Europe, scenes were edited to remove any trace of Miho's specialized shuriken because it resembled a swastika. Amusingly, in the German version, they aren't censored.
94* Averted in ''Film/AForeignAffair'', which is set in postwar Berlin. It even jokes about it with a former Hitler Youth who can't stop drawing swastikas wherever he goes.
95* ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'': Where the Nazi armband would normally be on the ComicBook/RedSkull's uniform is a black HYDRA one. The traditional 'Heil, Hitler!' and Nazi outstretched-arm salute are replaced with a two-handed salute and 'Heil, Hydra!' Mostly acceptable since it showcases Red Skull's allegiance to his own agenda over Hitler's, and the 'Heil, Hydra!' salute originated in the comics anyway. In addition, the S.S. officers who come to inspect Schmidt's work are shot at angles from which their brassards aren't visible. Looking carefully, you'll notice that what few instances of swastikas that did appear are very small in size and appear only very briefly and very early in the film.
96* In Germany, posters and DVD covers for ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'' showed an exploding laurel wreath instead of the swastika.
97* In Alex Cox's ''Film/SidAndNancy'' (1986) the numerous swastikas worn on Sid Vicious' and other early punks' apparel is replaced by a hammer-and-sickle design.
98* ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic'' has swastikas everywhere after the Nazis take over Austria and yet no one questions the film's family-friendly credentials. One of the Von Trapp children even innocently refers to it as "the flag with the black spider". The live Creator/{{NBC}} version also averted this trope, leading to [[https://twitter.com/bengreenman/status/408804813993160705 this]].
99* In the German dub of ''Film/NewKidsTurbo'', the line from the Farmer saying he gave Jews to the Nazis in order to obtain guns ''(and Goebbel's Jacket)'' is removed.
100* In Music/PinkFloyd's movie ''Music/TheWall'', the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName fictional Nazi regime]] that Pink creates when he goes full on fascist uses the Double Hammer as their signature sign.
101* In ''Film/TheGreatDictator'', a Double Cross functions as the Nazi's arc symbol.
102* Played with in Film/TheThreeStooges' ''Film/YouNaztySpy'': Moronica's national symbol is a swastika made of two snakes tied in a knot, and not rotated like the Nazi symbol (partially visible in [[http://i35.tinypic.com/2r609ea.jpg this still]]).
103* In certain circumstances, the Nazis did this themselves! In 1938 feature film ''Film/TheFourCompanions'', a German romantic comedy set in Berlin, there is not a swastika to be seen anywhere, not on the streets and not on any uniforms. While the Nazis did produce overt propaganda films, some of which were truly horrific, much of German cinema in those days was light escapism. So a film like ''The Four Companions'' which was designed to keep German moviegoers happy and quiescent avoids political symbolism.
104* The March 2017 trailer for ''Justice League'' showed a glimpse at [[https://www.nycjackets.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Cyborg-Justice-League-Letterman-Jacket-510x600.jpg Victor Stone/Cyborg]] walking with a yellow banner behind his back. The scene was [[invoked]]{{deleted|role}} from the 2017 theatrical version, but ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'' features it, and it turns out it's set during World War II. The setting is holographically generated by Cyborg, with the banner being a Nazi swastika.
105* Averted in ''Film/Hellboy2004'', where even the German dub didn't bother to censor the swastikas seen on banners in the prologue scene (set during World War II) and on a bar of NaziGold. Of course, as mentioned in the trope description, film was and is considered a protected art form, so there was no need to censor these swastikas.
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109* In-universe example: in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'', at Bill and Fleur's wedding early in the book, Viktor Krum nearly attacks Xenophilus Lovegood because the latter is wearing an amulet in the shape of the Deathly Hallows symbol. To Lovegood this just symbolizes the Deathly Hallows and the search for them, but to Krum and everyone else who's a recent alumnus of Durmstrang, it has come to be associated with Gellert Grindelwald and his reign of evil.
110** It is interesting to note the year of Grindelwald's defeat by Dumbledore (1945) was the same year as Hitler's death -- and this was intentional on the part of J.K. Rowling. Whether this was merely to show Grindelwald as the wizarding world's equivalent to Hitler, or to indicate an actual ''alliance'' between Hitler and Grindelwald, is unclear.
111* The cover of Creator/NormanMailer's ''Literature/TheCastleInTheForest'' shows an archway. In the [[http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-media/product-gallery/0812978498/ref=cm_ciu_pdp_images_0?ie=UTF8&index=0 American version]] there is a swastika on the capstone. That is gone in the [[http://www.manz.at/list.html?inline=1&back=63d488460ec9befe56ed2064fca49021&isbn=978-0-349-12070-6&xid=1091905&page=1 European version]].
112** This is the norm in Germany, where the swastika on the covers of imported books (like the English paperback version of Robert Harris's ''Literature/{{Fatherland}}'') has to be covered by a sticker when on display.
113* In ''Literature/TheSkinjackerTrilogy,'' the ''Hindenburg'' crosses into Everlost, but its Nazi swastikas are stated to have been denied admission.
114* ''Literature/AndrewDoran'': The original covers for ''The Statement of Andrew Doran'' and ''Andrew Doran at the Mountains of Madness'' had these since, well, Andrew fights Nazis in [=WW2=]. The revised version removed these out of sensitivity according to WordOfGod.
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118* The episode of ''Series/MythBusters'' dealing with UsefulNotes/TheHindenburg disaster omitted the swastikas from their models of the Hindenburg (justified as cosmetic accuracy is hardly a priority for them).
119* Oddly averted in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E3SilverNemesis Silver Nemesis]]", in which De Flores is never actually said to be a Nazi living in exile (even though he obviously is), but his hideout is full of swastikas anyway. Swastikas are also shown in a WWII context in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E3TheCurseOfFenric The Curse of Fenric]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E8LetsKillHitler Let's Kill Hitler]]".
120* Celebrity gossip show ''TMZ'' harped on a guy (AJ English, for those who care) who was wearing a T-shirt with a swastika on it when posing for a photo with Music/TaylorSwift. In his defense, he claimed he wears the shirt solely for the propose of deconstructing the symbol's negative connotations. It didn't work.
121* During the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors, a medley of Creator/MelBrooks musical numbers were performed, including "Springtime for Hitler," the showstopper from ''The Producers''. The armbands on the German officers were blank. Watch [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzJAGset2XY here]] starting at 0:35.
122* In the first season of ''Series/KamenRider'', the villain organization Shocker, though being Neo-Nazi terrorists, featured only a dagger-like cross, an stylized eagle and altered SS runes in their symbol. Also, their salute pose had them raise the right arm diagonal sidewards instead forward and had the "Sieg Heil!" replaced with their famous trademark battlecry of "Yii!".
123* In an episode of ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'', Alan, while impersonating his brother, goes on a one-night stand with an apparently okay girl, who for some reason Charlie rejected. Turns out she's a Nazi-themed BDSM fetishist, wearing stylized bondage stuff, using a German expletive and permanent-marker inking a Hitler-stache on Alan's face, obviously all without the pretense of hiding the reference (Alan even comments on the core aspect of this trope, saying that the mustache itself doesn't look bad, "shame one guy had to ruin it for everybody"). But then the network had to pull this off, by digitally covering a swastika in the girl's armband with a (badly-drawn) Hitler-stache'd smiley face. The writer was clearly pissed, later venting off about this trope in one of his {{vanity plate}}s.
124* The TransformationSequence in ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' showed a background with subtle manji patterns. When it was time to adapt the series into ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'', the producers redid the pattern, redrawing the lines that would have made up the manji to avoid association with the swastika.
125* Both averted and played straight regarding the Amazon series ''Series/TheManInTheHighCastle''. Since Nazis rule (half of) the United States following a German victory in World War II, swastikas are everywhere. They're on posters, on party member's armbands (modified with red and white stripes, since these are ''American'' Nazis), and even on the American flag (the stars are replaced with a big swastika). The advertising, on the other hand, plays the trope straight. The swastikas is nowhere to be seen. Even the aforementioned Nazi-American flag is modified with a Nazi eagle clutching an iron cross, instead of the single big swastika. The modified imagery still caused an uproar when it was plastered all over New York City subways.
126* ''Series/{{Supergirl}}'' features the character of Overgirl, Kara's counterpart from an alternate earth where her pod crashed in a Nazi conquered America. Although she wears the "Sun Rune" symbol (the double lightning bolts) on her chest she has no Swastika's on her outfit as the producers were wary of creating a pin-up girl for political extremists, Alice Kiss, a popular Supergirl cosplayer taking part in the far-right Charlottesville riots shortly before the character was introduced.
127* In the ''Series/WonderWoman'', episode 'The Nazi Wonder Woman' the eponymous character turns out to be just an ordinary spy skilled in judo rather than a blonde version of Lynda Carter with her LeotardOfPower festooned with Swastikas (as the producers were wary of creating a pin-up girl for fetishists/the far right).
128* Averted in the final season of ''Series/TheDurrells'' when members of the Corfu Patrol use their flags to form a swastika, much to Leslie's embarrassment.
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132* ExaggeratedTrope: In order to get Music/TheResidents' ''Music/TheThirdReichNRoll'' album into Germany, a censor bar was slapped onto every swastika and Nazi reference. The ploy would've worked if all of the Nazi references weren't small and scattered everywhere.
133** [[http://residents.com/historical4/classic/page11/page11.php# Played straight with the other reissues.]] The Mute records cover is a black with the title and a disclaimer while [=EuroRalph=] has new artwork with Hitler, holding a carrot, with Music/{{Madonna}} on the forested outskirts of Berchtesgaden.
134* The now-famous crossed-hammers insignia of Music/PinkFloyd's ''Music/TheWall''.
135* The Hanzel and Gretyl album ''Über Alles'', which featured many songs related to Nazism, was careful not to show any swastikas.
136* The Nazi Germany segments in Music/PearlJam's "Do the Evolution" video had Nazi banners that had the lightning symbols instead of swastikas.
137* Latvian pagan metal band Skyforger had [[http://dark-world.ru/files/bands/logos/Skyforger_logo.jpg a logo with an archaic pre-Nazi swastika making up the 'O']] Due to them attracting a lot of Neo-Nazis/NSBM fans, they [[http://thmag.us/skyforger_logo_bw.jpg changed the logo]] and added a disclaimer to their albums which reads "No Nazi stuff here!" and they released an official statement on their website explaining that they find Nazism to be abhorrent. Still, some fans are confused.
138* Music/{{KISS}} has had problems with these laws in Germany, as another verboten symbol is the stylized 'lightning bolt' S used by the SS -- and also used by KISS in their logo) cannot be used in Germany, and their merchandise in that country uses the more standard S. While the band has been accused of being Nazis, it seems unlikely that ''Jewish'' founders Chaim Witz and Stanley Eisen (you may know them better as Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley) intended the logo that way.
139** They did a workaround by using a [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/92/1980_German_KISS_Logo.jpg logo spelled "KIZZ"]] so they can have the lighting-bolt-style zigzags in a more acceptable way. (This is also acceptable in Israel.)
140* ''{{Music/Vocaloid}}:'' In the videos for the songs ''Prisoner'' and ''Paper Plane,'' no swastikas or other Nazi iconography are used, despite the songs taking place in a concentration camp.
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144* As with the band's Music example above, the artwork for the ''KISS'' {{Pinball}}s (both the 1979 Creator/{{Bally}} [[Pinball/KissBally table]] and the 2015 Creator/{{Stern}} [[Pinball/KissStern sequel]]) were altered for tables shipped to Germany to replace the band's double-S characters (which resemble the Schutzstaffel logo) with generic Serif Bold "S"es instead.
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148* When the 1972 UsefulNotes/OlympicGames were held in Munich, the organizers went out of their way to make sure this wouldn't be anything like the "Nazi Games" of '36. In order to avoid anything that might remotely ''hint'' at that stuff, the colors ''black and red'' were banned from the stadium and all official decor.
149* The Berlin Olympic Stadium remains in use for sporting events, although the two swastikas have been (partially) obscured on the Olympic Bell from the 1936 games displayed outside.
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153* Some Asian tile sets for TabletopGame/{{Mahjong}} have what may appear to be a swastika, on the Characters tiles. This however is actually a "ten thousand" character (''wán'' in Mandarin Chinese, ''manji'' in Japanese). This ideogram of course never appears on Western sets; one of the other two "myriad" ideograms is used instead.
154* The original box for the 1973 board game ''Escape From Colditz'' (created with the help of famous Colditz escapee Pat Reid) came complete with a swastika on the box lid. After some complaints, new box art was introduced with the imperial eagle instead of the swastika and the swastika versions are now quite rare and worth a bit of cash.
155** But don't try selling them on eBay as they will remove the sale as [[http://www.techdigest.tv/2009/01/ebay_nutcase_of.html "eBay does not allow listings or items that promote or glorify hatred, violence or racial intolerance, or items that promote organizations with such views."]]
156* ''TabletopGame/FlamesOfWar'' zig-zags this a bit. Nazi Germany avoids using the swastika when it comes to faction emblems, instead using symbols such as the Balkenkreuz or the Iron Cross. In-game however, some models are provided with swastika decals where appropriate. Finland is also represented with a swastika as their emblem.
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160* As part of the promotion of the German stage version of ''Film/TheProducers'', the theatres it played in were decked out with Nazi regalia, albeit with pretzels in place of swastikas. [[http://intransit.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/22/springtime-for-hitler-the-producers-lands-in-germany/ See here.]]
161* When ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'' first opened on Broadway, the Nazis neither wore swastikas, nor name-dropped Hitler. Later productions, including the movie and TV adaptations, made the Nazism references more explicit.
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165* The ''Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular'' show at [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disney's Hollywood Studios]], unlike the movie it reenacts scenes from, censors all traces of swastikas and replaced by a Balkenkreuz.
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169* This remains a bone of contention among scale model builders. Because model kits are officially classified as toys in Germany, the swastika is forbidden even in this case, where it would represent historical accuracy. In fact, any model kit manufacturer who wants to sell their products in Germany will omit swastikas from the decal sheets of WWII era German military hardware (at least one going so far as to black out Hitler's face from a crowd scene on the ''box art''.) Some, however, have included decals of a "plus sign" and four separate "dash" decals, unmentioned on the instructions, leaving it to the modeller to assemble the offending symbol themselves, if they wish.
170** For European export, Airfix had to recall a model of the P-51 Mustang fighter from sale, as the box art featured a version belonging to an American ace with multiple kills. The offending issue was the representation of the pilot's "kill tally" painted underneath the cockpit side - sixteen black-over-white swastikas which in 1:72 scale would have been microscopically small and hard to make out. however, Airfix still had to amend the decal sheet [[note]]The decal now showed anonymous black crosses[[/note]] and replace the box art.
171** Model kit manufacturer Revell's German division omits swastikas from all its WWII Germany related models, while the U.S. arm tends to avoid them entirely (leaving only Allied, modern military, civil aircraft, space/sci-fi-, cars, light commercial....)
172** British model makers Matchbox didn't care and cheerfully put swastika decals into all relevant models. They even manufactured a "diorama base" to display the completed model on, showing the frontage of a partly destroyed Nazi headquarters, distinguished by an eagle-and-swastika carving to put over the door. Scroll forward in time to when Revell bought out Matchbox and started marketing its models. All swastika insignia gone from the decal sheets. And that diorama base shows an eagle, perched on a laurel wreath, inside which is a shapeless blobby thing.
173** Japanese manufacturer Hasegawa used to market a nice little model of Hitler's personal limousine, together with personality figure. They still make the kit today, although the saluting figure in the back has been facially remodelled to be any generic senior uniformed German, and the new model title is "German General's personal car". Still accurate, as the vehicle wasn't just issued to Hitler, senior general and field-marshals got the same Mercedes model too. But still...
174** Even non-Nazi swastikas are victims of this policy -- model planes that are advertised as Finnish, for example, have simple blue crosses in their roundels, or even no markings at all, rather than the square blue swastika that is easily distinguishable from the Nazi one.
175** Italian model manufacturers such as ESCI/Italeri seem equally wary of causing offence. It is noticeable that models of Italian tanks and military vehicles of the [=WW2=] period are issued with the green-white-red national tricolour flag used as a recognition insignia. However, this version of the flag is a post [=WW2=] issue which omits both the coat of arms of the former royal family, and the alternative prominent ''fasces'' insignia in the central white band, the Italian fascist version of the swastika. The new republic of Italy (founded in 1948) apparently makes it a criminal offence to fly either wartime version of ''il tricolore''.
176* Hasbro removed all swastikas from the German soldiers in the 2008 ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' series of figures. For instance, the figure of the German general from ''[[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade The Last Crusade]]'' sports a completely black armband on his uniform. Likewise, all references to Nazism were removed from the Franchise/{{LEGO}} Indiana Jones line, which probably has something to do with the fact that the LEGO Group is sort of a TechnicalPacifist of toy companies, refusing to manufacture "war toys"; that is to say, very realistic guns or contemporary military hardware. It doesn't stop them from selling accessories like flintlock pistols, revolvers, rifles, chainsaws and all manner of laser guns, though.
177** An artist once produced a [[http://www.othervoices.org/2.1/feinstein/auschwitz.html Concentration Camp Playset]]. No, really. Once LEGO found out what he was making, though, they denounced his arguably rather distasteful creation.
178** Heck, they're even called "enemy" soldiers instead of "German" soldiers.
179* The ''ComicBook/XMen'' villain Holocaust had to be renamed Dark Nemesis when [=ToyBiz=] produced an action figure of him during TheNineties. When Hasbro later featured the character as a Build-A-Figure in their ''Marvel Legends'' line, they stuck with the Nemesis name as well. Nemesis was also used as the character's name in the TabletopGame/HeroClix game.
180* Any toy line (such as the ones for ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' and ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'', or Creator/{{Hasbro}}'s ''Marvel Legends'') featuring the ComicBook/RedSkull will invariably refer to him as a HYDRA member and not a Nazi, with his swastika armband usually replaced by a HYDRA logo. A common theory is that this is a large part of the reason why Marvel had him explicitly betray Hitler and the Third Reich in the film; there'd be less backlash from the MoralGuardians over selling toys and apparel featuring the Red Skull if he belonged to a fictional evil organization instead of a very real one like the Nazi Party. It sometimes leads to odd compromises, like the ''Marvel Famous Covers'' figure from [=ToyBiz=], the Silver Age statue from Bowen Designs or the bust from Gentle Giant, all of which featured the character wearing a blank red arm band with no actual logo.
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184* The German release of ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth'' was delayed because the Nazi zombies' dialogue came from actual Hitler speeches, and many of the zombies had swastikas on their armbands.
185* Buddha-Jumps-Over-the-Wall from ''VideoGame/TheTaleOfFood'' used to wear a UsefulNotes/NonNaziSwastika and actually brings up the trope in one of his lines until said symbol is removed from his design and the dialogue replaced.
186* The [[VideoGame/TengaiMakyouIIManjimaru second game]] in the Japan-only RPG series ''VideoGame/TengaiMakyou'' that was first released on the Platform/PCEngine (which has the distinction of being on the top ten all-time most popular games in Japan) was titled ... ''Manji''maru, named after TheHero. Swastikas are featured prominently on the title screen, and in many, '''many''' occurrences throughout the game. Come the Platform/NintendoDS port, and the Platform/NintendoGameCube remake, both Japan-only, and most of them are inexplicably removed!
187* ''VideoGame/Battlefield1942'' uses imperial symbols for Nazi Germany; the German flag, for example, is the Imperial flag with an iron cross in the middle.
188* ''VideoGame/BattlefieldHeroes' features the Royal and National Armies, modeled off the Allies and Axis respectively. However, they are stated ''not'' to be that -- they are armies fighting over, amusingly enough, Olympic cycling results. As such, despite the obviously UsefulNotes/WorldWarII setting, there are no swastikas. There are instead black skulls-and-crossbones.
189* ''Franchise/{{Doom}}'':
190** A [[https://soulsphere.org/mirrors/www.rome.ro/lee_killough/memorabilia/swastika.shtml map area]] in the original ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' was originally a swastika as a homage to ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D'' -- this was changed in v1.4.
191** In ''VideoGame/DoomII'':
192*** The two secret levels are absent in the German version, as they are literally updated ports of two ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D'' levels, swastika-banners and all. ''Doom Classic Complete'' (as can be downloaded on the [=PS3=]) and the BFG Edition (available multiplatform) include the two secret levels, but with some major changes: Everything reminiscent of Wolfenstein 3D has been [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1snCRIl16ks completely purged]], all enemies have been replaced with standard ''Doom II'' opponents, and the levels themselves have been renamed ("Wolfenstein" to "[[ClassicCheatCode IDKFA]]" and "Grosse" to "[[VideoGame/CommanderKeen Keen]]"). The only thing that remains is the layout of both levels. No Swastikas nor Hitler portraits, the SS guards are replaced by zombiemen squads, and the unique map music themes have been replaced by the theme of [=MAP05=] for both maps
193*** The GBA version censors the two secret levels but in a much tamer way, replacing Swastikas and images of Hitler with imagery from ''Return to Castle Wolfenstein'' (such as the Hitler portrait now being series BigBad Deathshead). The SS Guards were untouched, German dialogue and all.
194*** The Unity engine port restores the original textures and level names, but replaces swastikas with the alternate triangular-shaped symbol seen in the newer ''Wolfenstein'' games, changes Hitler's face to not have a moustache (essentially turning him into the Staatmeister from the [=SNES=] ''Wolfenstein'') and redubs the SS enemies to say "Schutzkämpfer!" instead of "Schutzstaffel!".
195* ''VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein}}'':
196** The {{Bowdlerise}}d SNES version of ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D'' had the swastika banners edited to be blank red curtains, and Hitler edited into a clean-shaven dictator with the title of "Staatmeister".
197** There were {{Bowdlerise}}d versions for the PC made specifically for Germans, who could then download a patch to revert the game to its original form. Its GameWithinAGame parody from ''[[VideoGame/WolfensteinIITheNewColossus The New Colossus]]'', ''Wolfstone 3D'', plays it straight, with all references to Nazis, Hitler, and swastikas replaced with the Kreisau Circle and its symbols and members, including B.J. Blazkowicz. And it's not just that, but some rooms shaped like swastikas in certain episodes and floors had to be redesigned. Two examples are Episode 2, Floor 5 (where the floor is redesigned not to look like a swastika), and Episode 6, Floor 3 (where the entire multi-swastika floor is redesigned to look like a Kreisau college or university).
198** Its modern-day sequel, ''VideoGame/ReturnToCastleWolfenstein'', [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_to_Castle_Wolfenstein#Synopsis had some changes in the German version]] such as crosses in place of the swastikas, but a patch is available that restores the uncensored graphics.
199** ''Wolfenstein RPG'' plays this trope straight, to accommodate its LighterAndSofter atmosphere. Eagle insignias are used in place of swastikas, and the Nazis are referred to as "Germans" or "Axis". There are even portraits of Hitler, with his moustache turned into a goatee.
200** The German version of the 2009 ''VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein}}'' was heavily censored in Germany because of violence and swastikas, but oddly enough the censors forgot a small swastika from a note in a hospital in the game, that survived into the German version. After the website schnittberichte.com that likes to point out censors of all kinds in German media, jokingly pointed this out, Activison immediately called to return every copy of the game because of a "not outstanding element" to convert all copies.
201** ''VideoGame/WolfensteinTheNewOrder'': The German release has all references to Nazis changed to "The Regime", with all Nazi insignia changed to the generic Wolfenstein logo. The European release is geo-locked to not be playable in Germany. Thankfully, every other version {{avert|edTrope}}s this. However, the model screenshots that show different characters use the censored versions, for some reason.
202** The German version of ''VideoGame/WolfensteinIITheNewColossus'' ''really'' goes off the deep end in that regard. Not only are swastikas replaced with other symbols in that game such as the weird-looking triangle, but they have changed practically everything else as well, to such an extent that it borders on intentionally trolling the users of the German version (i.e. including things that were legal even according to German laws). This becomes almost hilarious in the Hitler scene, who is now called "Heiler", is addressed as "Kanzler" (chancellor) instead of "Führer", and doesn't have his infamous mustache.
203* In ''VideoGame/CommanderKeen 5'', one level had pipework forming a mirrored swastika, probably in reference to the then-forthcoming ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D''. As with the one in ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'', it was removed shortly after release.
204* Commercials for ''VideoGame/TurningPointFallOfLiberty'' - which America never entered UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, Germany beat Russia, and Britain was no match for the Axis, and Nazis are now taking over 1950s America - originally showed the Iron Cross on the flags. Thankfully this seems to have been changed to be more realistic. Preview pictures seemed to do a similar flip-flop.
205* ''VideoGame/HeartsOfIron 2'', set before, during and after WWII, replaces the swastika-centric Nazi flag with a Black-White-Red tricolor, symbol of the old monarchist German Empire which the Nazis briefly revived, then banned. On the other hand, it refuses to remove the flag of Tibet used in game, which is [[BannedInChina banned in the People's Republic of China]].
206** In the German release it goes even further, removing the entire high tier of the Nazi Party and thus ridding the game of its [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII entire cause]]. Pathetic because this is not required by German law.
207** However this is not done in the German Versions of any of the standalone add-ons/follow on games in the Series. Swastikas are still missing, but Der Führer and all his henchmen are back.
208** In ''VideoGame/HeartsOfIron 4'', the German version of the game has Adolf Hitler's profile picture as a shaded silhouette of the original picture. The in game Nazi Germany flag also replaces the swastika with an iron cross.
209* ''VideoGame/BloodRayne'' features Nazis as the main antagonists; however, in the Xbox and PC versions of the game, all swastikas were replaced with triskelions (which, coupled with the color and layout of Nazi flag, looks exactly like the emblem of South African White Supremacist organization AWB) and references to the Third Reich were removed.
210* The villains of ''VideoGame/BionicCommando'' for the NES were an Imperial Forces trying to resurrect Hitler. For the English release, their symbols were changed, and even the mention of the Imperialists being Nazis were removed (the Nazis were instead known as the "Badds"). Hitler himself got a name change to "Master D," and his face was changed on the EvilOverlooker cover, though his in-game graphics were unaltered, including the famous animated picture of [[YourHeadASplode his head getting blown up with a rocket launcher]] after the FinalBoss battle and the word "Damn" slipping past the Nintendo censorship.
211* ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'':
212** Hitler's name is automatically censored by the profanity filter (mind you, it's easy to turn off said filter altogether). Said profanity filter is lifted wholesale from other games by the same publisher, so this may not be that special.
213** The overthrow of the Fifth Column by the Council has been accused of being a {{retcon}} (for history's sake, read more [[http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/5th_Column_Controversy here]]). The dev position was that it was part of the MythArc and now the Column's coming back, for real, good, and sure, with a character [[DarkerAndEdgier named Reichsman]] taking a leading role. Really Seriously. We can stop the debate now.
214** Though there are still no swastikas, the 5th's logo is a V with a stylized skull over top of it.
215* In the ''VideoGame/IL2Sturmovik'' combat flight sim series, the German planes never carry the black swastika and the Finnish planes do not carry the historical Von Rosen cross, a light blue swastika on a white circle. This, despite the fact that the adoption of the Von Rosen cross predates the adoption of the swastika by the NSDAP by several years, and in any case was done to honor the ''Swedish'' count Erik Von Rosen, who had donated planes to Finland during their civil war. Soviet planes in the same game still carry the red star, which of course has unsavory connotations for many Westerners not part of left-wing organizations. In the real world, the Russian military still use the red star, despite the Soviet Union having been gone for 20 years, although the version now carried by the Russian Air Force, at least, is a red star outlined in white and blue, thus including the three colors of the Russian Federations's flag.
216* ''VideoGame/SniperEliteV2'' and ''VideoGame/SniperEliteIII'' lacked swastikas, replacing it with either a stylized eagle symbol in V2, or what appears to be a double-cross symbol similar to the one Creator/CharlieChaplin used in ''Film/TheGreatDictator''.
217* The Rebel Army of ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'' has no connection with the Nazis (or even Neo-Nazis, but a ''strong'' resemblance to WWII German forces), including emblems that are strangely reminiscent of Nazi ones but "poorly censored"--their symbol is a black "X" on a white background within a red circle, resembling a Nazi swastika with the outer arms removed, but also a phoenix that bears a more than passing resemblance to the Nazi Eagle. This is so blatant that some people who don't realize this was also the case in the JP version think they actually ''are'' poorly censored RightWingMilitiaFanatic WesternTerrorists.
218* Also ignored in the original ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI The Legend of Zelda]]''- the layout of the third dungeon forms a Manji symbol. This was never censored because doing so would require redesigning the entire dungeon, along with ''other'' dungeons because the dungeon maps are designed to fit together to save space. It's played straighter in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime 3D'', which changes the symbol on the Forest Medallion from four leaves in a circle to three to lessen its resemblance to a swastika.
219* ''VideoGame/MakenX'' and ''Maken Shao'' confused themselves over this one. German fighter Margarete and her troops wear red Nazi armbands and her fortress is full of Swastikas in the original Japanese version of ''Maken X''. In America and Europe, all swastikas were replaced with the equally geometrically pleasing but less-offensive Chinese character 'mu'. Apparently somebody liked this choice, or just didn't want to repeat the censorship, so all versions of the remake ''Maken Shao'' use the same symbol. American and European ''Maken X'' also found the roman numerals on UsefulNotes/ThePope's wings changed (and the fact that he was The Pope was phased out), and a Muslim enemy's crescent-and-star design was erased.
220* ''VideoGame/FreedomForce vs. The Third Reich'' also featured no swastikas. Appropriately, one of the first mods made for this game allowed the player to include them.
221* In the adventure game adaptation of ''VideoGame/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream'', we learn that Nimdok was a scientist working for the Nazis during World War II. His scenario takes place in a concentration camp, but all the swastikas are changed to a stylized "AM" logo (AM being the name of the psychotic DeusEstMachina MasterComputer who's created the cruel scenario). Somewhat [[JustifiedTrope justified]] in that all of it seems purposely censored by Nimdok's guilt-ridden mind--the words "Nazis" and "Jewish" are conspicuously avoided (they're only referred to as "The Regime" and "The Lost Tribe") until he remembers his past. This didn't stop them from entirely removing Nimdok's chapter from the German release, though, which made the game [[GuideDangIt almost]] {{unwinnable}}.
222* ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' video games:
223** The game ''VideoGame/LegoIndianaJones: The Original Adventures'' uses generic German soldiers. However, the coloring of the Colonel Vogel minifigure seems to suggest a Nazi eagle and all soldiers have blonde eyebrows and blue eyes instead of the standard black/brown eyebrows and black eyes every other character has. In the level "Opening the Ark" there are several red flags hanging around that are obviously Third Reich flags, sans swastika; without said symbol, they do look rather odd, almost like a large red rug with black stripes hanging up to dry.
224** The German version of ''Videogame/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'', is [[http://www.schnittberichte.com/schnittbericht.php?ID=4013 heavily bowdlerized]], with swastikas replaced by black squares and blank circles. There is a recurring omission, probably an overlook; when a guard is knocked out during a fist fight, stars in swastika form do [[CirclingBirdies appear over his head]].
225** In contrast with Indy's previous adventure, there is almost zero Nazi imagery in ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheFateOfAtlantis'', and the [[http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/920139885305525505/F15227CC6C1236D9762FDDDF5B12911B5384E9F4/one flag]] shown inside a German submarine uses the Iron Cross.
226** This trope factored into the cancellation of ''Indiana Jones and the Iron Phoenix''. Intended as a follow-up to the ''Fate of Atlantis'', Creator/LucasArts realized a game with a plot about a post-war attempt to resurrect Hitler might not fly in the German market. Perhaps not coincidentally, this was around the time series director Creator/StevenSpielberg was making ''Film/SchindlersList'', an experience which opened his eyes for the first time to the gravity of what the Nazis did, making him swear off any future use of the Nazis as exploitation villains like he'd done in the initial films.
227* In the video game ''VideoGame/{{Bully}}'', for Halloween one of the male student characters (Gary) is shown wearing a version of Nazi uniform with the actual Nazi insignia clearly absent. This appears to be just a fact of gameplay rather than an individual case of censorship- the game was aimed at (and met) the requirements for a Teen rating, despite [[MoralGuardians Jack Thompson's]] best efforts. And -- teenage boys -- school setting -- not even Bullworth is that shit of a school.
228** Later in the game, the nerds' leader Earnest has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITpX5wrVFKM&feature=player_detailpage#t=112s a flag design]] for his presidential campaign: a green flag with a white circle in the middle and a tilted black "E".
229* The ''VideoGame/CombatMission'' series, despite being extremely accurate wargames both in mechanics and graphics (down to what kind of uniforms ''and patches'' were worn on a given month of a given year by a given unit) didn't include any swastika, be it on flags or armbands. The game is highly moddable though, so many many user mods exist to bring the ''Hakenkreuz'' back.
230* In ''VideoGame/KidDracula'' for the Game Boy (''Akumajō Special: Boku Dracula-kun'' in Japan), the first boss were hooded klansmen with swastikas on their head. The US version completely removed the swastikas and the klansmen's sprites were tweaked to look more like ghosts.
231* Oddly, the symbol can be found on the second boss in ''VideoGame/{{Bonk}}'s Adventure''.
232* Early versions of the original ''VideoGame/DayOfDefeat'' ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'' GameMod prior to it being purchased by Creator/ValveSoftware had the swastika as the German control point flag. The current versions of both Goldsource and Source ''Day of Defeat''s use an iron cross in place of a swastika. Also, the two teams in Source are "US Army" and "Wehrmacht", though the latter should be "Heer" as the Wehrmacht was the entirety of the armed forces, not just the army.
233* In ''Operation: Europe'', the only pictures you see are headshots of the commanders, and feature no swastikas; however, when you play as the Axis, Hitler shows up in person to give you orders.
234* ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}}'':
235** In ''Civilization IV: Beyond The Sword'', ''Franz von Papen'' is the leader of Germany in the European Blitzkrieg scenario, and Isoroku Yamamoto is the leader of Japan in the Pacific one. This is in spite of the fact the game [[DoubleStandard allows players to play as Chairman Mao or Stalin]].
236** There are mods that allow you to play as Hitler and Hirohito. Which, of course, made Germans complain that they couldn't play it in public.
237** The exclusion of Hitler and the inclusion of Stalin and Mao ([[SmallReferencePools among other equally unpleasant historical leaders who are included without complaint]]), a somewhat contentious topic among fans, is typically explained with the objective observations that A) Hitler was a rather asshole leader, and, while Stalin and Mao left their nations as super-powers, he left his a smoking ruin and B) even if Hitler's incompetence is ignored, he is far from the first candidate for inclusion. However, the fandom is united in their criticism of his absence in mods of the appropriate era.
238** The North Africa Campaign map that was bundled with the original release got around this problem by having the civilizations "led" by the various actual North African theater commanders - meaning, yes, [[MagnificentBastard Rommel]] for the Germans. They still had to go with the Iron Cross as an emblem, though.
239** ''Civilization V'' tried to clean it up somewhat by digging deeper into history, with Otto Von Bismarck leading Germany, Catherine the Great leading Russia, and Wu Zetian leading China.
240* In the U-boat simulator ''Silent Hunter'' the swastikas are simply left out of flags and symbols. This is most noticeable on the Bismarck. There are two large circles on the deck with nothing inside.
241* ''[[VideoGame/NineteenFortyTwo 1941: Counter Attack]]'' pits you against UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Germany. However, you never see a single swastika or a reference to Hitler.
242* ''VideoGame/HiddenAndDangerous'' simply avoided hanging swastika banners in the levels, and the enemy models aren't detailed enough to tell if they're present on uniforms or not. Portraits of the Fuhrer turn up a few times, however.
243* ''VideoGame/TheSaboteur'' completely averts this trope, featuring swastikas on flags, Zeppelins and on armbands of Nazi soldiers. However, no direct reference to Hitler is made (only ever "The Fuhrer") and from early release trailers, all swastikas were replaced with the Iron Cross. Also, when Sean disguises himself as a Nazi, the armband disappears.
244** German version still plays this straight, even with removing the few lines of Hitler taken from an old speech. Also, the game has a list of all people you killed, with "neutralised Germans" instead of "killed Nazis". Strangely the list says "killed civilians" instead of neutralise.
245* The "Fascist flag" in ''[[VideoGame/NavalOps Warship Gunner 2]]'' uses a plain black cross instead of a swastika or iron cross. German warship hulls are also missing the bow swastika.
246* The point-and-click ''Secrets of Atlantis'' omits swastikas from the tail and interior decor of the ''Hindenberg'', and likewise skirts any direct mention of Nazis by using the Thule Society (obvious middlemen for the former) as antagonists.
247* In the first ''Manga/{{Golgo 13}}'' game for the Famicom, Duke Togo fights against a group of Neo-Nazis led by a cyborg version of Adolf Hitler. In the NES version, they were turned into a generic terrorist group named Drek and Hitler was renamed Smirk. Like in ''Bionic Commando'', the developers made no attempt to alter Hitler's likeness for the overseas release. They also forgot to remove the swastika from the book Duke recovers in one of the maze levels.
248* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyMysticQuest'' managed to slip a few Swastika symbols into the game. Tristan's Ninja Star and the drain icon in the armor status is shaped like a Swastika. Another example of getting Swastikas past the Nintendo censorship.
249* An odd example appears in ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed''. In Holoska, there were snowmen wearing clothes. If Sonic were to stop running (fight the urge) and look at these clothes, swastikas could be spotted. This has since been patched.
250* ''VideoGame/VelvetAssassin'', because it is set in World War II and because Replay Studios is a German company.
251* In the remake of ''VideoGame/{{Persona 2}}'', when the Last Battalion (supposedly a group of Nazis that smuggled Hitler to safety when he was supposedly killed) invades Japan ([[ItMakesSenseInContext thanks to a conspiracy theorist and all rumors coming true]]), their tanks and planes sport the modern Iron Cross, rather than the swastika, which at first gives the impression that it's modern-day Germany invading Japan. The rerelease of the game still has Hitler present, but gives him big sunglasses and only ever has him referred to as "The Fuhrer." This was averted in the original release, where swastikas and an eyewear-lacking named-aloud Hitler could be seen clear as day.
252* ''VideoGame/LostHorizon'', a product of Germany, has no swastikas. It is replaced in all contexts by the Iron Cross. It's particularly noticeable during a visit to Berlin while the 1936 Olympics were on, since there are flags and banners all over the place.
253* ''VideoGame/WarThunder'' takes place during World War II ([[AnachronismStew sort of]]), but labels Nazi Germany as "Axis" and uses the German imperial flag rather than the swastika.
254* ''VideoGame/CompanyOfHeroes'': German flags have the swastikas replaced with Iron Crosses. The German soldiers are also never referred to as Nazis; instead, they are called "Krauts" and "Gerrys" by the American and British soldiers.
255* MassivelyMultiplayer air-combat simulator ''VideoGame/AcesHigh'' eliminates Nazi swastikas from all aircraft skins. This not only includes the swastikas that marked the tail surfaces of Luftwaffe aircraft, but even the ''kill boards'' on Allied aircraft (all aircraft skins in the game depict historical machines, and American pilots in Europe often used swastikas to denote victories). This does ''not'' extend to skins representing Finnish Air Force aircraft, however. The Von Rosen cross is fully intact on the default Brewster B-239 skin and any Finnish Bf-109 skins.
256* The SNES game ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana'' has a boomerang weapon called Cobra Shuttle that's shaped like a Swastika symbol which somehow managed to get past the Nintendo censorship.
257* The NES game, ''Great Tank'', contains both the Swastika and the Balkenkreuz. When it was brought over the West coast as ''Iron Tank'', Nintendo of America censors removed both symbols from the game and replaced them with a circled X. However, its arcade precursor, ''TNK III'', retained the swastika marking the final stage on the game map in both versions.
258* Nintendo of America took the swastikas out of ''Desert Commander'', a World War II strategy game for the NES.
259* The 'The Diamond' heist trailer in ''VideoGame/PAYDAY2'' shows the history of the diamond's owners, the part in Nazi Germany has flags that just have featureless circles instead.
260* ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsIII'' censors all instances of the swastika to make sure that the Germans don't have a cut-down, unplayable game (Like back in ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps BO1]]'''s [[VideoGame/CallOfDutyZombies zombie mode]]). Most notable inclusion is in the "Giant" zombie map, which featured prominent nazi symbolism(Taking place in a nazi Wonder Weapon Research Facility). Now, the facility(Taking place after october of 1945) is littered with red flags with iron crosses and the iconic nazi zombies bear meaningless, plain red armbands in place of swatikas, putting a bad taste in the mouths of countless fans who remembered the iconic look of the map, and taking the "Nazi" away from the fan favorite Nazi Zombie map of the fandom.
261** The German version of ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyWWII'' lacks swastikas as well, and the multiplayer on all versions replaces the swastikas with the Iron Cross so Germans can play with the rest of the international community.
262* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfTanks'', the flag for Germany tanks in the garage is a red flag with black stripes, however the swastika is replaced by the Iron Cross. The game comes from Belarus, where swastikas are also very taboo. The German tank line also includes a few post-[=WW2=] tanks, where swastikas would be completely inappropriate to begin with.
263** The game's naval companion, ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarships'', takes this a step further by replacing the German Imperial flag[[note]]This game features many vehicles from WWI unlike ''Tanks'', mostly due to the vastly longer service life of ships compared to tanks[[/note]] with the one described above. This is because said flag is often used by neo-Nazis as a substitute for the Nazi flag, as the populace at large doesn't recognize it. Plus, consistency.
264** German ships that were built during the Nazi government fly a variation of the ''Kriegsmarine'' ensign, with the swastika replaced by a ''Tantzenkreuz''.
265** The two games also use the modern Japanese flag rather than the Imperial rising sun flag which has similar connotations in East Asia to the Swastika in Europe.
266* ''[[http://www.kongregate.com/games/TogeProductions/relic-of-war Relic of War]]'' has the "Axis" forces using an inverted "Y" instead of a swastika. Hitler's name is also changed to "Heichler".
267* ''{{VideoGame/Electroman}}'' has a (mirrored) swastika formed by pipes on Level 6.
268* ''{{VideoGame/Strife}}'' has the evil Order, whose symbols include the Sigil (an O shape with three flames coming from the top), a stylised comet shape, and a Y shape.
269* The German ships in ''VideoGame/KanColle'' have no swastikas on their uniforms. Instead, they get the German ''Ritterkreuz'' where the swastikas would have been.
270* In ''VideoGame/AzurLane'', the Iron Blood takes on roughly the same role as Nazi Germany did in real life (though the artbooks imply that they're actually a direct continuation of UsefulNotes/ImperialGermany instead). As such, their shipgirls generally use either use some variation of the Iron Cross or a black X. That said, a good few Iron Blood shipgirls also wear either a ''Reichsadler'' with its Nazi styling or its opposite-facing ''Parteiadler'' counterpart, with its only change being to replace the swastika in the wreath with an "X" for those cases where it's actually large and detailed enough to see what's in the wreath.
271* The Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Registeel in the Japanese and North American versions of ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'' appeared to be making [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:Spr_4d_379.png a rather familiar-looking salute]]. This was edited in European releases, with this edit being used in the ''Platinum'' version worldwide (However, ''Platinum'' had new sprites for many other Pokemon, so this change is unlikely to come off as unusual to players in Japan and North America).
272* Subverted in ''VideoGame/FuryUnleashed.'' While it doesn't use a swastika in the WWII themed area, it uses a Death's Head, or "Totenkoph" on the nazi flag (although it's A) just the skull, not skull-and-crossbones, B) far more stylized then the symbol on SS cap badges, and C) seen straight instead of 3/4 view). Of course, it's stated to be because a neo-Nazi group [[GivingRadioToTheRomans went back in time to give the original nazis modern technology,]] so it very well might be the symbol they used InUniverse.
273* The ''VideoGame/{{Forza}}'' series, which allow user creation of racing car vinyls and such, forbid any form of "notorious iconography" such as Nazi swastikas, Japanese Rising Sun flags, Iron Crosses and even Confederate flags. Even when they added Nazi-era racing cars into their roster, they wiped out Nazi references in car descriptions. And though the games namedrop ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'' as being TheRedStapler for the 1969 Dodge Charger through its customized model the General Lee which has a Confederate flag painted on its roof, chances are you'll receive the banhammer for driving a show-accurate General Lee replica online.
274** From ''Forza Motorsport 6'' onwards, all Chevrolet Super Sport cars have their SS branding removed, likely to avoid any references to that other famous SS.
275* ''KARDS - The WWII Card Game'' uses the Balkenkreuz as Germany's logo. Some card art does feature swastikas, though never in any sort of capacity where it's the focus of the image.
276* ''VideoGame/LegoMarvelSuperheroes'', like ''VideoGame/LegoIndianaJones'', does this; while villain Red Skull is clearly a Nazi in comics and the MCU, he uses [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red and black banners]] with no iconography in the game.
277* In the German release of ''VideoGame/TitanicAdventureOutOfTime'', [[spoiler:references to Adolf Hitler were removed, which was problematic as Hitler turns out to be a ''crucial plot point'' to the game. Recovering one of the [[MacGuffin MacGuffins]] determines whether or not he becomes the dictator of Germany, and the German release tries to severely downplay the [[AlternateHistoryNaziVictory "Nazi victory"]] endings.]]
278* Creator/{{Nintendo}} officially banned any UsefulNotes/{{Mii}}s named "Hitler" from being usable online in games like ''VideoGame/MarioKartWii'', though the name is still possible to be entered into the Mii Channel itself, and the words "Hitler" and "Nazi" (and various misspellings therof) cannot be entered into ''any'' software on the Platform/NintendoSwitch.
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282* Somewhat odd case from ''VisualNovel/DiesIrae''. Before the formation of the Longinus Dreizehn Orden, none of the Nazi characters are shown with swastikas on their uniforms despite having the signature red armband. After the Orden's formation they have its sigil on the armbands instead. This becomes even clearer in the anime adaptation which has a scene with the distinct red banners present at a political party, yet they are adorned with the Iron Cross instead of the Hakenkreuz. What makes all of this odd is the fact that a Swastika forms a core plot element of the story, being a huge [[GeometricMagic magical ceremony meant to be in its shape]] and is seen in full.
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286* ''WebAnimation/AlternateHistoryHub'' got around Website/YouTube's ban on the swastika in any context by [[TakeThat replacing the swastika on anything representing a Nazi Germany uniform with a black YouTube logo]].
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290* A roundabout version of this happened in ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic''. Swastikas themselves do appear in occasional storylines, but LEGO does not make a Hitler figurine. So the author made him a BrainInAJar. ''Before'' World War II. [[spoiler:And later he's represented by the author himself when Hitler's brain is put in his body.]]
291* This strangely happens with the ''[[https://darkkomet.deviantart.com/art/Slayed-683540314 Slayed]]'' and ''[[https://darkkomet.deviantart.com/art/Slayed-The-Lost-Chapter-690923629 Slayed: The Lost Chapter,]]'' where the swastika is replaced with a stylized letter [[https://darkkomet.deviantart.com/art/Slayed-The-Lost-Chapter-Episode-0-690931437 N,]] but still features Hitler and the term Nazi.
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295* ''Website/NationStates'' specifically prohibits the usage of swastikas in any of its nation's flags, even if the nation created is supposed to be a Nazi nation (or even if the swastika's usage is meant to be used as it was originally intended, as a religious symbol), as the symbol has too much negative connotations to the average viewer.
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299* When ''WebAnimation/ExtraCredits'' began their series on the battle of Kursk, they released a video called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSjFUOA2oZM On Nazi Symbolism]] explaining that they omitted Swastikas deliberately so that the video could be watched in Germany without treading on legal toes.
300** In their quickly-notorious "Stop Normalizing Nazis" video, they repeatedly refer to the Iron Cross as a hate symbol to watch out for. While some Neo-Nazi groups ''do'' use the Iron Cross as a symbol, that's not the one most people are thinking of when they think of Nazis. (It's also still used, in a heavily-modified form, by the German military.)
301* In ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'''s "Darth Vader vs. Adolf Hitler", Hitler's armband doesn't have a swastika; it has a rock-and-roll horns symbol instead.
302* The [=YouTube=] channel [[https://www.youtube.com/user/ForgottenWeapons Forgotten Weapons]] is about firearms history, and presents a straight example and a variation.
303** Presenter Ian likes to include the flag of the producing country in the video thumbnail. [=YouTube=] is very touchy about swastikas, so if the gun is from Germany 1933-1945, we see a pixelated version of the Nazi flag.
304** The Confederate flag is also dangerous. However, the flag that people get excited about is the Confederate battle flag, not the flag of the Confederate States, so if the gun in question was made by the Confederacy, Ian can show the historically accurate flag without people thinking that he supports the makers.
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308* The ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS1E24To26TheSavageTime The Savage Time]]", set during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, does exactly this, but justifies it; Vandal Savage has used TimeTravel to hijack the Nazi war effort, and they use his symbols instead. Savage's later appearance in "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E7And8MaidOfHonor Maid of Honor]]" has no problem referring to him as a "Nazi war criminal". It's worth noting, though, that the insignia he uses is the SS insignia (half of it, at least), Hitler's elite guard, and it actually makes sense in the context of the story: an ancient symbol that arose individually in almost every basket-weaving culture and which just happened to be used in the flag of a fascist nation? BAD! A symbol for a group of soldiers from said nation who were primarily responsible for the Holocaust? A-OK! More specifically, the Sowilo rune is used, which was a common Nazi symbol (as its German meaning, "sigel", was a symbol of victory).
309* In the episode of ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' featuring Grandpa's war story, the German soldiers had scowling face insignias instead of swastikas. Quite funny, considering how they were allowed to show ''Hitler himself''. Probably helped that Hitler was shown being noogied and wedgied by a younger Grandpa Phil.
310* ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983'' featured an episode where Venger brought a WWII Luftwaffe fighter to the Realm. Both the plane and its pilot were swastika free.
311* One of the episodes of ''Series/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow'' was an ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' parody, in which Koopa and his minions all wore Nazi uniforms with the swastikas replaced with a capital K.
312* ''WesternAnimation/MarvelAnimation'':
313** In the ''[[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries Spider-Man]]'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries X-Men]]'' cartoons from the 1990s, Captain America was shown in World War Two fighting nondescript Germans; there were plans for a Captain America series that would not feature any references to Nazis.
314** This was {{averted|Trope}} at least one time in Marvel cartoons. In ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends'', "The Quest of the Red Skull" had the standard Nazi swastika fully visible, and some footage of Hitler with it. In one sequence, one of the Skull's thugs mistakes a similar Native American symbol for it and even salutes with 'Heil Hitler'. Likely the policy kicked in just after this was made, and the episode was notably omitted when the series was added to the Creator/DisneyPlus streaming service.
315** ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' also plays this straight, but when Wolverine mentions that Captain America was a SuperSoldier, Professor X does ask whether this was intended as "The master race." Granted, he may not have quite meant it that way, but it's still a little surprising to hear.
316** An episode of ''WesternAnimation/IronManArmoredAdventures'' features Magneto as a villain and, despite recapping his origins, neglects to mention that he was a Holocaust survivor. Instead, his hatred of humans is chalked up to tortures he endured while being experimented on by Weapon X.
317** The writers of ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' decided to create an alternate timeline with HYDRA as an enemy of the Allies during WWII, assisted by villains traditionally associated with Nazis. WordOfGod stated that this was the result of an ultimatum from Standards and Practices: they could have swastikas or [[FamilyFriendlyFirearms realistic weapons]] and they chose the latter. The head writer also tried to justify the change [[http://www.medinnus.com/AEMH/yost_01.html here]] by saying HYDRA served as merely a branch of the Nazis. In the episode "Meet Captain America", the Red Skull's SS uniform suggests the Nazis existed in this universe, but the opening newsreel only shows HYDRA taking over Europe. (As a result, viewers who have not read these WordOfGod statements tend to assume this series disregarded the existence of Nazis altogether. It doesn't help that the map depicting HYDRA's conquest of Europe shows them steam-rolling out of Russia to conquer all of Europe, Germany included.) Unfortunately, the fact that HYDRA is still pretty powerful in the present suggests the Allies failed to eliminate the threat of another Axis takeover.
318** ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' does the same thing. Any episodes dealing with World War 2 have HYDRA as the bad guys, and neither the Red Skull nor Baron Zemo are ever referred to as Nazis.
319* In the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS8E3ThePassionOfTheJew The Passion of the Jew]]", Cartman starts a Nazi-like group disguised as simply a "Creator/MelGibson fan club" to eliminate Jews. The group includes all sorts of Nazi paraphernalia, such as uniforms and flags, with the Swastika omitted. Of course, ''South Park'' [[CrossesTheLineTwice has no problem with offending people]], and indeed had used swastikas before [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pinkeye_5.png when Cartman dressed as Hitler]], so the lack of the swastika was probably to make the group's real intentions less obvious to the people in the show -- although considering the obviousness of Cartman's outfit, marches, and chanting in "Aramaic", [[AdultsAreUseless one wonders if they'd have noticed]].
320* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'': Baroness Paula von Gunther is a Nazi in the ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' comics, but her affiliations aren't mentioned on the show. Her costume sports a stylized lightning bolt insignia rather than any Swastikas.
321* Used a couple of times in ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' first in "Maddog Hoek" when their wrestling opponents dress them in Nazi uniforms telling them they are the enemy the symbols on their arms and hats are x's (notably this scene was cut in the German dub), and in "Ren's Bitter Half" near the end Ren's evil side is dressed in a uniform reminiscent of a Nazi uniform and the symbol on his armband is an "R". The latter episode was pulled from Nickelodeon, Nicktoons, and [=NickRewind=] reruns because of this.
322** In "Stimpy's Cartoon Show", Wilbur Cobb's nonsensical monologue includes a mention of Nazis (pronounced Nazzees).
323* ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'' follows this trope during Granny's UsefulNotes/WorldWar2 flashback.
324* In the father's various flashbacks to World War II in ''WesternAnimation/LifeWithLouie'', no Swastikas appear anywhere, however, the German soldiers do have SS insignia on their helmets, so Nazi imagery still appears.
325* A variation of this trope was used in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''. Early storyboards of the episode "Giant Woman" show that originally an action sequence was going to incorporate a [[http://i585.photobucket.com/albums/ss298/thatother1dude/storyboard%20to%20finished.jpg swastika symbol into Opal's pose]]: however, [[UsefulNotes/NonNaziSwastika this wasn't a Nazi swastika]], but rather the original spiritual symbol common in eastern religions. Despite this difference, the design ultimately wasn't used.
326* Downplayed in the episode "M.I.A." of ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' set in London in 1940; the German planes ''do'' have swastikas on them, and the characters openly discuss Nazis, but the Iron Cross and a generic [[SkeletonMotif skull and crossbones]] are much more common and easily visible[[note]]the swastika is almost exclusively drawn on the planes' rudders; the Iron Cross and skull get the fuselage and wings[[/note]]. We also don't hear any details about what they do apart from the fact that Griff is passionate about helping to stop them.
327* ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'' briefly features [[YouClonedHitler Adolf Hitler's clone]], who has a peace symbol on his armband instead of a swastika. It also refers to the show's premise: the clones came out totally different from the historical figures they come from.
328* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'' has the titular characters confront Hitler in his stereotypical khaki uniform, if not for the fact that he looked next to nothing like the real Hitler, wearing a Fu Manchu instead of the infamous toothbrush mustache. Not only that there were no swastikas to be found throughout the episode, but the show refuses to explicitly mention Hitler's name either.
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332* In most popular culture stories, especially in children oriented tales or comedies, people will be seen wearing Nazi uniforms minus the swastikas or simply by having another symbol on the badge. For instance, during a homage concert for Creator/MelBrooks "Springtime for Hitler" was performed, but all the actors didn't wear any swastikas on their uniforms.
333* Military reenactors portraying German military personnel from WWII sometimes omit the swastika, especially in Europe. Furthermore, portraying the Waffen [=SS=] (or even wearing the ''sig'' rune or Death's Head insignia, or [[PuttingOnTheReich dressing in an all-black uniform]]) is almost universally frowned upon.
334* The National Guard's 45th Infantry Division is from Oklahoma, and so during WWI its unit patch was a swastika, which was a common Native American symbol at the time. It was changed to a Thunderbird in 1939 (before the war).
335* Since the swastika originated in India as a symbol of good luck, it's used as frequently as a yin yang or smiley face would be used in America.
336** One of the few exceptions Germany makes for the No Swastikas rule is for the Jainism religion (which originated in India), because it ''is'' a symbol of good luck, and because the Jains are such extreme pacifists they won't eat ''yogurt'' and risk threatening ''bacteria's'' existence.
337* [[http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/google-earth/google-earth-helps-spot-swastika+shaped-building-304670.php A 40-year old swastika-shaped Navy building]] in San Diego was discovered to have the peculiar shape via Google Earth, and the Navy has pledged to fix it as soon as possible.
338** Hopefully they won't, because right across the street there are [[http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=32.676108,-117.157688&spn=0,0&t=k&hl=en two bomber-shaped buildings flying towards it]].
339* There's also the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_swastika forest swastika]] planted of larch trees in the middle of a pine forest in the Brandenburg district in Germany, sometime in the 1930s. Because it's only discernible from the air, and then only for a few weeks each autumn as the larches change color and thus stand out from the surrounding evergreen pines, it wasn't discovered until the 1990s. Brandenburg state authorities, worried it would become a Nazi pilgrimage site, did their best to destroy the design.
340* One online patent archive includes patents filed in Nazi Germany, but the swastika is strategically blanked out on the Reich emblem in the header. Of course, anyone with a rudimentary grasp of history knows which symbol is supposed to go where the black blob now sits.
341* In countries where the Swastika is banned, it is not unheard of for Neo-Nazi groups to just not use it at all. Instead, they use lesser known Nazi symbols, like the SA logo, the Life Rune, the SS runes, or the three point swastika (called a triskelion). Other groups, especially in English-speaking countries, are also known to use the Celtic cross. (Most of which are also forbidden in Germany; you can't even have the letters SS on your license plate.)
342** In Germany, Neo-Nazis instead resort to symbols of Imperial Germany (since the Third Reich is legally off-limits, they use the symbols of the Second Reich instead), which angers German Monarchists. Also used (mostly for greeting) is the number 88. It corresponds to the letters HH (for "Heil Hitler").
343** The banning of overt Nazi symbolism in Germany has led to [[http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2015/06/watch-larry-wilmore-nightly-show-confederate-flag German Neo-Nazis employing the Confederate battle flag as their symbol of choice instead]] as a form of LoopholeAbuse--as part of another nation's history predating WWII, it's not actually Nazi symbolism, and thus isn't covered by the German ban on Nazi imagery.
344** This is probably why UK's Security Service will always use their previous name ([=MI5=]) when an acronym is required. And also why the the US Secret Service is always shorted to USSS.
345** As of 2014, it is much more prominent for far-right German political parties to feature an arrow pointing to the right (as seen [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Alternative-fuer-Deutschland-Logo-2013.svg/2000px-Alternative-fuer-Deutschland-Logo-2013.svg.png there]], [[https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/630713274028412928/Lt6b2zji.jpg there]] and [[http://die-rechte.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/logoneu2.jpg there]]) as a TakeThat to the German far left party ''Die Linke'', which has [[http://leftunity.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/logo_die-linke_530x168.png an arrow pointing to the left]][[labelnote:note]]Ironically, in doing so both leftists and rightists actually conveyed the exact opposite of what they wanted to, as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_and_sinister in heraldry left and right side are defined from the bearer's point of view, not the viewer's one]][[/labelnote]].
346* Shortly After WWII, the new German Border Police of West Germany (today's Federal Police) used old Wehrmacht helmets, of course with changed symbols. This allowed them to distinguish themselves from East German soldiers (who used a helmet design rejected by the Wehrmacht) and other NATO soldiers, avoiding potential problems when patrolling the inner German border as it was clear they were not there to attack.[[note]]Also, the ''Stahlhelm'' was just a good helmet design; no need to reinvent the wheel. Heck, the Americans have used ''Stahlhelm''-inspired designs for their Kevlar helmets since the first PASGT was introduced in 1983.[[/note]] They would remain in service until 1990 and reunification. Productions for movies playing during the war would borrow them in want of props. That led to scenes of Wehrmacht soldiers wearing the ''Federal Eagle''.
347** Up till a few years ago, the Bundeswehr's ceremonial guard units were still using KAR-98k rifles of WWII vintage with the Nazi Waffenamt eagles still stamped on each and every part. After discovering that the Federal Army was bearing on a regular basis gear marked with unconstitutional symbols, they went through the trouble to disassemble the guns and etch out every mark they could find. The early Israeli Army had the same problem, as they used a lot of surplus KAR-98ks. Not wanting to discard otherwise perfectly useful weaponry, they deleted the most egregious examples, replacing them with an engraved Star of David for additional irony. This was done inconsistently, probably on the basis of whether a unit's quartermaster cared enough to bother. Some Israeli K98k rifles retained their full Nazi markings.
348** As the MG-42 machine gun used by the Wehrmacht is almost completely identical to the MG-3 the German Bundeswehr uses today (save for a slightly larger barrel in the 42 - that can be exchanged in four moves in less than 10 seconds anyway - and one or two other, lesser modifications) there are still some MG-3s around that have swastikas imprinted on them. Some cases even have the 42 obviously scratched and a 3 imprinted instead.
349** West Germany also produced swastika free versions of the Iron Cross to issue as replacements for ones won by soldiers in the war. However, the new gallantry medal of the Bundeswehr does not resemble the Iron Cross.
350* There's a small town called 'Swastika' in Northern Ontario which refused to change the name of the town during WWII because A) They had the name first. B) Swastikas are for good luck.
351** The government actually [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika,_Ontario#World_War_II tried to change the name]] to "Winston" (in honour of Churchill), but the locals kept removing and changing the sign back, which has made them the butt of quite a few jokes.
352* On a similar "I did it first and I'm not changing it" note, for years Dublin featured an imposing chimney with a swastika on it. It was the Swastika Laundry company. Originally called the Dublin Laundry and using a lucky swastika logo[[note]]though a square swastika, rather than the typically Nazi diamond one[[/note]], when the war broke out the owner decided he was there first, so Hitler should change logos. To drive this home, ''[[RefugeInAudacity he renamed the company the Swastika Laundry!]]'' Specifically, he officially changed the name to The Swastika Laundry (Estd 1912), to emphasise the fact that he'd used the logo even before the foundation of the Nazi party. Somewhat amusingly, their vans were also bright red, and again, had been since long before war. The company lasted until the 1980s, and the chimney still survives, but the painted swastika is long gone.
353* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raëlism Raëlism]], the UFO religion founded in the 1970s, has attempted to reclaim the swastika by using it in their official symbol - all the more controversial (and somewhat ironic) as they intertwine the swastika with the Star of David. In the 1970s they attempted to build an embassy in Jerusalem for their alien gods and wanted to use that symbol on their building. When the Israeli government informed Rael he could not do that the aliens told him that it was okay to change their symbol to something less objectionable to the Israelis.
354* According to Unicode.org's [[http://www.unicode.org/cgi-bin/GetUnihanData.pl?codepoint=842c Unihan search engine]], one of the three possible ideograms for ''wàn'' (ten thousand or countless) is an anticlockwise swastika, hence this is the only one of the three which you won't see on TabletopGame/{{Mahjong}} characters tiles (at least in the Western hemisphere). However, this may be why some Mahjong authorities claim that the ''wàn'' character means "good luck" (although in this context, "ten thousand" is a more accurate interpretation).
355* On a very popular writers' forum called Absolute Write, one of the members had an ancient Buddhist symbol in their signature to signify their coping with the loss of their father. It was mistaken for a swastika (which it looks like, turned 45 degrees) by a blogger and caused quite an uproar. In the end, the board let it stay due to its nature as a healing symbol.
356* The two highest military decorations of Finland, the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Cross_of_Liberty Cross of Liberty]] and the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannerheim_Cross Mannerheim Cross]] prominently feature a swastika. The roundel of the Finnish Air Force also used to be a swastika, but this has since been changed. The [[http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiedosto:Finland_Air_force.gif flag of the Air Force]] retained the swastika until [[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53249645 sometime in 2020]] when the Finnish Air Force stopped using it without making any official announcement. The [[https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/air-force-academy Finnish Air Force Academy flag]] was not affected by any changes and retains its swastika.
357** The Finnish Army swastikas, including the two decorations, are actually stretched and easy to mistake for ordinary crosses. The Air Force swastika is more conventional, but a) is derived from a good-luck symbol on the Air Force's first plane, donated by a noble whose symbol it was, b) is blue, and c) is square. It's difficult to mistake for a Nazi swastika.
358** There is a link between the Finnish Swastikas and the Nazi variety. The Finns adopted the Swastika as it was a part of the family coat of arms of Swedish Count von Rosen, who was an important benefactor to the fledgling Finnish state after World War I. Von Rosen adopted it partly because of his fascination with the ancient Norse as well as with Tibetan Buddhism. The von Rosens were also friends of the future Nazi air force general Goering, who during 1920s was working as a private pilot in Sweden and eventually married into the family (his wife, Carin, was a member of the von Rosen family).
359*** It should be noted that, even with that connection, Count Eric von Rosen adopted it as his personal symbol before the Nazi party even existed, back in 1901, and that the Nazis adopted it as their symbol in 1920, before Göring had ever met Hitler. However, Eric von Rosen was a major member in the Swedish National Socialist Bloc.
360* On Japanese, Korean, and Taiwanese maps, swastikas are often used to indicate the location of Buddhist temples. Yes, this also applies to Google Maps, which startles quite a few western people when they first see it.
361* Creator/RudyardKipling adopted the swastika as part of his personal bookplate, inspired by his time in India. However, after the Nazis came to power, he had it removed from his published works.
362* Visit some pre-WWII hotels in areas like South Dakota. The swatstika was a common symbol among the Native Americans. Buildings that include the shape will either have obliterated or modified the symbol, or will spend a lot of time explaining it to tourists.
363* Also known as the 'fylfot', swastikas dating from 1920 appear on the floor of the entrance hall to the Customs House in Sydney, Australia, now home of the City of Sydney Library. There's an explanatory plaque nearby.
364** This was a quite common practice in many regions prior to WWII. It's a simple to create and is a fairly attractive symbol in tile flooring (if you can get past the Nazi appropriation of it, that is).
365* The Serbo-Croatian word for "sister-in-law" is "Svastika."
366* The [=CU=] (Credit Union) Service Center has [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cuswirl_4481.gif a swastika that is tilted at a 45 degree angle (like the Nazi swastika), but has curved spokes that come to a point (unlike the Nazi swastika)]] as its symbol.
367* At least some American public schools have low tolerance for swastikas to the point where students are forbidden to include them in pictures containing Nazi soldiers or flags and will get in trouble if they do.
368* Lithuania (a former Soviet republic), Bulgaria and Hungary (former Soviet satellites) outlaw the display of the swastika AND the [[HammerAndSickleRemovedForYourProtection hammer-and-sickle]] symbol.
369* The Japanese martial art of Shorinji-Kempo, strongly influenced by Buddhism, used a Swastiska as its symbol, as seen in ''[[Film/TheStreetfighter Sister Street Fighter]]''.
370* The Brixton Heron (a weathervane on top of the Prince of Wales pub diagonally opposite Lambeth Town Hall in London) has curved spokes for the four compass directions instead of the traditional straight spokes, thus bears an unfortunate resemblance to a swastika.
371* Following a white supremacist terrorist attack in Charleston, South Carolina, numerous retailers such as eBay and the Apple App Store halted the sale of items depicting [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Confederate States of America]] battle flag, including historical works. The Apple store [[DoubleStandard still sells apps with swastikas]] and other unpleasant regimes' iconography.
372* One of the controversial aspects of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Dawn_%28political_party%29 Golden Dawn political party]] is that [[https://verklighetenisverige.wordpress.com/2012/11/23/henrik-arnstad-ljuger-i-vetenskapens-varld/swastika_meander/ the official symbol used as a flag for the party resembles a swastika]]. It does not help that whether or not the symbol featured is a swastika or meander entirely depends on who you are talking to. Then again the party is as deliberately offensive with Nazi iconography as they can (the leader of the party is nicknamed as ''The Führer'').
373* One of the rejected designs of the flag of the european union was a flag by the Finnish artist Emilia Palonen ordering the stars of the EU flag in the shape of a swastika.
374* The American [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Socialist_Movement_(United_States) National Socialist Movement]] used to use [[https://www.splcenter.org/sites/default/files/group_images/SPLC_NeoNazi_02.jpg swastikas]], but switched to the [[https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/mt/2017/08/RTS1BJNT/lead_720_405.jpg?mod=1533691900 Odal rune]] in 2016 in an attempt to be more subtle.
375* Website/YouTube does not like Nazi Germany swastikas in videos or video thumbnails and will demonetize videos that feature the symbol, regardless of the context it's used in. Youtube may also decide to block such videos in countries where the swastika is banned. This has made it necessary for creators to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of8okKZg7UA blur/pixelate the symbol]] or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8olVKzLpXY&t=1m1s replace it with something else.]]
376* Recently, Chinese video streaming website Bilibili have their rules called "[[http://member.bilibili.com/studio/creative-treaty/q0 Creative Treaty]]" for its users. This even include the rules against terrorist flags and symbols, including the Nazi swastikas. In a variation regarding swastikas in China, while [[UsefulNotes/NonNaziSwastika non-Nazi swastikas such as Buddhist swastikas are permitted in that site]], swastikas intended for use in Nazism are banned.
377* As does Website/{{Facebook}} with any picture with a swastika in it, including historical ones no matter the context. The resulting weeks-long bans or accounts deletion pissed off posters and group owners who were involved in non-revisionist/non-Neonazi groups about history (including Holocaust history) that got cleansed of the symbol. The phenomenon has also been observed with photos of Adolf Hitler himself.
378** It also extends to Facebook pages used by military modellers, who tend not to be political at all. Keen modellers of Lutfwaffe aircraft are often politely requested to leave the tailplane bare if they're publishing photos, or else to blur out the distinguishing swastika insignia from the tail.
379* Subverted by the skateboard truck manufacturer Independent Truck Company, who used a variation of the Iron Cross as their logo. Co-founders Richard Novak and Jay Shiurman expressed concerns that the logo looked "too Nazi", but Jim Phillips, the logo's designer, was able to justify the logo by showing a Magazine/TimeMagazine [[https://i.imgur.com/GPNNaGm.jpg cover]] of [[UsefulNotes/ThePope Pope John Paul II]] wearing vestments with the symbol in question--'Well, if the Pope has it, it must be okay!' They did however put up a [[https://independenttrucks.com/our-logo disclaimer]] explaining their use of the logo and disassociating themselves from any supremacist hate group.
380* Russian Internet users have a particularily ironic way of censoring the swastika: they replace it with the [[http://shipachev.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/roskomnadzor.png emblem of Roskomnadzor]], Russia's CensorshipBureau. This way, it can mean both "this symbol was banned because of Roskomnadzor regulations", or [[TakeThat "that's what Roskomnadzor really is".]]
381* In 1965 the UK Post Office issued a set of commemorative stamps marking the 25th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. One showed the tail of a (presumably shot down) German bomber, complete with swastika. There were complaints that the symbol was shown alongside UsefulNotes/ElizabethII's face (which appeared on all British stamps); however the stamp wasn't withdrawn from sale.
382* During the filming of the [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheDialOfDestiny fifth]] ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' film, a sequence set on a Nazi train was filmed on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway [[CaliforniaDoubling in England]]. As trainspotters noted, when the train was being moved around while not being filmed the swastikas on the train's exterior were covered up.
383* In 1945, the British Army of Occupation (later the British Army of the Rhine) inherited a 1930's built army barracks from its previous occupants. Embarrassingly, the Officers' Mess had a grand portico entrance with two huge swastikas on either side of the door. first, the British brought in stonemasons to remove the offending emblems and carve them away, leaving their sites flush to the pillars. This simply left two huge ghosts of swastikas which were as obvious as the original carvings. Repeated attempts at sandblasting and painting over the ghostly shapes did nothing and if anything served to accentuate them more. Finally they were imperfectly concealed behind large potted plants. The issue was still unresolved when the British Army largely left Germany in the 1990's and handed the barracks back to the Bundeswehr.
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