I could understand it if it were complete but there doesn't seem to be any restriction in it's use in films, even those made today and even those that are not historically accurate.
I struggle to see the difference. If the symbols are that bad then the ban should apply to all media.
Cheers,
Nigel
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Nigel,
The idea was not to gloriy these guys and permit their memory to morph into some sort of heroic last gasp, at least according to some of my European friends. In the general purpose of things, it makes sense, but with models that portray the way things were it is somewhat hypocritical.
On the other hand, when you get a rampant SGF who shows up at a museum wearing bits of Nazi uniforms and then cusses out the director of the museum for not having his favorite tank (Tiger I) on display you can see where maybe CE had a point...
Hi Cookie, just to add my two penn'orth to the "Great Verboten Device Debate"...
I've just come back from the "E Day" model show in Prague. There were plenty of Luftwaffe models on display and decal sheets for sale - all bearing swastikas! The Czech manufacturers have a very clever way of including the device in their decal sheets, using two parts which, when joined together, make the swastika!
Not only that, one stall was selling coloured resin castings of WW2 German insignia (mostly Wehrmacht etc) for adding to display bases - all with the swastika attached!
Things are not much different in Poland - and that's a country with every right to ban the depiction of the device if ever there was one! Decal sheets, books, models on display - even genuine WW2 militaria for sale...
In my wanderings about mainland Europe over the past 40 years or so, it's been Germany in the main that has had this issue with the swastika - but then that's understandable I suppose?
Perhaps not so much the Council of Europe, but more the Bundestag and their reps in Brussels/Strasbourg!
Regards,
Chris
Nigel,
The idea was not to gloriy these guys and permit their memory to morph into some sort of heroic last gasp, at least according to some of my European friends. In the general purpose of things, it makes sense, but with models that portray the way things were it is somewhat hypocritical.
On the other hand, when you get a rampant SGF who shows up at a museum wearing bits of Nazi uniforms and then cusses out the director of the museum for not having his favorite tank (Tiger I) on display you can see where maybe CE had a point...
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