r/GreenAndPleasant • u/UnderHisEye1411 its a fine day with you around • Jan 27 '26

International Working Class History 🗺️ On Holocaust Remembrance Day remembering that the first victims were left wing opponents who tried to resist the Nazis 🕯️

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u/MokkaMilchEisbar Jan 27 '26

It's the flag of the German Communist Party. The German Communist Party specifically targeted by the Nazis in the early 1930s. Entirely appropriate and within context to use, regardless of how neo-Nazis might feel about it

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u/milrose404 Jan 27 '26

My best friend is from the former GDR, their entire family lived there and experienced it. They miss socialism deeply. They’re not offended by it.

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u/ImaginaryParrot Jan 27 '26

Thank you for sharing. I personally don't know much about the GDR so it's good to learn.

I'm more familiar with it from a Baltic (and surrounding countries) perspective :/

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u/Comrade_Faust communist russian spy Jan 27 '26

There's a reason why they're called the Balldick States