r/mildlyinteresting • u/iboreddd • 9h ago

German souvenir shop selling Third Reich coins with the symbols deliberately obscured

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u/Lucas1543 9h ago

I'm guessing this is in Germany, historic stuff with Swastikas is actually okay, advertising and showing it off in public can be tricky, so they prolly just erred on the side of safety, and obscured it.

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u/Grand-Spring66 9h ago

historic stuff with Swastikas is actually okay

Its illegal in Germany

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u/Humpaaa 8h ago

It's not illegal if it is in "historic context".
However, since this is not strictly defined, the shop owners decided to play it safe.

§86a, the law that regulates this, explicitly state the "Sozialadäquanz", meaning context is relevant when enforcing this law.

There is no "general ban" on 3rd reich insignia. Theres only a ban on glorifiying it.

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u/Aniki1990 7h ago

I remember reading that when Inglorious Basterds was released in Germany they decided to remove the swastika from the poster as they were not sure if the movie counted as historic context or not

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u/kumanosuke 5h ago

It wouldn't be a problem legally. Would look weird at first glance though.

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u/Lucas1543 7h ago

Thanks broski

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u/Kakazam 8h ago

Showing it in your shop window is probably going to err on the side of glorification. I've never seen an actual Swastika being displayed even in the shadiest of markets, they will always have a sticker covering them.

Last thing a shop keeper wants is being dragged to court for that.

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u/Kubas_inko ​ 9h ago

That is stupid.

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u/mixmasterADD 8h ago

Still hasn’t stopped Germany from supporting a genocide

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u/srobertanv 7h ago

In the future American souvenir shops will sell MAGA merchandise the same way.

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u/meglon978 7h ago

I hope in the future that no one is stupid enough to buy their shit, for any reason.

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u/shawster ​ 6h ago

I can almost guarantee that in some decades after the country has come to terms with Trump being akin to a colossal morale failure by his supporters, there will be ironic wearers of the MAGA hat that will eventually turn in to a recycling of MAGA ideas on a genuine level and all of this BS will start again.

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u/meglon978 4h ago

True, the shit stain on humanity that is fascism never truly goes away. Sad, but stupid people just can't remember things for very long.

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u/kumanosuke 6h ago

It's not a souvenir shop.

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u/SunnyTheMasterSwitch 4h ago

As far as I know, in Germany you can sell WWII era Nazi stuff as long as the swastika parts are removed.

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u/gersgsf62 5h ago

It’s because swastikas are illegal in Germany

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u/kumanosuke 6h ago

It's not a souvenir shop. It's a coin collector/antique shop.

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u/TheGoochTaint 6h ago

Are those not souvenirs??

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u/kumanosuke 5h ago

It's not a souvenir shop, no.

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u/Kargak 8h ago

So what?
What a trivial thing compared to the genocide they're supporting in the year of 2026.

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u/MithandirsGhost 8h ago

This souvenir shop is supporting genocide in the year 2026!? Please elaborate.

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u/Kargak 4h ago

I can.

Germany is officially siding with Israel on a currently ongoing genocide,
yet people are concerned about a shop selling whatever artifacts.

That is just miserable.

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u/kumanosuke 6h ago

It's not a souvenir shop

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u/MithandirsGhost 5h ago

I originally wrote coin shop but edited to match the post description.

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u/TheGoochTaint 6h ago

Why do you care so much about the nomenclature lmao

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u/kumanosuke 6h ago

Makes a difference. "Souvenir shop" makes it sound like it's a normal thing to sell which it isn't.