Global InformationWirmer Flag information
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| Wirmer-Flagge | |
| Use | Proposed German National Flag after the assassination attempt of Adolf Hitler, 1944 |
|---|---|
| Proportion | 3:5 |
| Design | A red field charged with a gold-fimbriated black Nordic cross that extends to the edges. |
| Designed by | Josef Wirmer |
The Wirmer Flag (German: Wirmer-Flagge), also known commercially as the flag of German Resistance 20 July or the Stauffenberg flag,[1][2] is a design by Josef Wirmer. Wirmer was a resistance fighter against the Nazi Regime and part of the 20 July plot. According to his idea, the flag was to become the new flag of Germany after the successful assassination attempt against Hitler and the transfer of power to the conspirators. First discussed by the Parlamentarischer Rat ("Parliamentary Council") in 1948/49 as the federal flag, the design served in modified form as the party flag of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) from 1953 until around 1970 and as the model for the Free Democratic Party's (FDP) party symbol. The flag then disappeared from public perception.
In 1999, Reinhold Oberlercher, the thought leader of the Neo-Nazi German College ("Deutsches Kolleg"), declared the flag to be that of the Fourth Reich,[3][4] aspired to by the college in his revised draft constitution of 9 November 1999, it became the college's flag. The German college also included Horst Mahler, who published the proclamation of the Reichsbürger movement on 14 December 2003.[5] As a result, the flag became popular in the movement, which at the time received little media and social attention and was thus increasingly used by right-wing extremist and populist groups, which were met with criticism from various sides.[6][7][8] Due to its high presence at the Dresden Pegida demonstrations, the flag was also referred to as the "Pegida flag" in some media reports.[9][10][11]
- ^ Christina Hebel: Pegida und die Wirmer-Flagge: „Ich bin entsetzt“. In: Spiegel Online, 3. August 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ Tagesspiegel: Warum die AfD keine konservative Partei ist, 9. September 2016, Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ^ Andreas Speit (Hg.): Reichsbürger. Die unterschätzte Gefahr, Berlin 2017, p. 24.
- ^ Die Fahne – weht!
- ^ "Verkündigung der Reichsbürgerbewegung". Archived from the original on 2 June 2004. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ Wirmer-Flagge Pegida und das Symbol der Hitler-Attentäter, Süddeutsche Zeitung 3 August 2015
- ^ Geschichte Schwarz-Rot-Gold Pegida maßt sich das Erbe des 20. Juli an, von Sven Felix Kellerhoff, Die Welt 20 January 2015
- ^ Symbolik bei Demos Warum bei Pegida die Kreuz-Fahne weht, von Christina Hebel, Der Spiegel 29 July 2015
- ^ Ein rechtes Rätsel, Der Spiegel 20 February 2016
- ^ „Auge um Auge“ MDR schneidet Pegida-Fahne aus Dresden-„Tatort“, Mitteldeutsche Zeitung 26 October 2017
- ^ Panne beim MDR Weil Pegida-Anhänger auftauchen: Dresdner „Tatort“ muss umgeschnitten werden Focus 27 October 2017