Germans Could Face Jail Time for Publicly Supporting Russia's Ukraine War

Newsweek ^ | 3/28/22 AT 12:46 PM EDT | NATALIE COLAROSSI ON

[BenLurkin]

In Germany's Lower Saxony and Bavaria, citizens are now barred from publicly displaying the letter "Z," which has become a symbol used by the Russian army during the war. Anyone who displays the symbol at demonstrations or publicly showcases it on cars or buildings could now face a fine or up to three years in jail, according to the Moscow Times.

"It is incomprehensible to me how this symbol 'Z' could be used in our country to condone this crime," Boris Pistorius, Lower Saxony's interior minister, said in a statement, according to the news outlet. Similarly, Bavaria's Justice Minister Georg Eisenreich said that while freedom of opinion is a "great asset," it "ends where criminal law begins."

In addition, a spokesperson for Germany's federal government said Monday that displaying the symbol may soon become criminalized across the whole country.

"The Russian war of aggression on the Ukraine is a criminal act, and whoever publicly approves of this war of aggression can also make himself liable to prosecution," an Interior Ministry spokesperson said during a news conference, Reuters reported.

[abb]

[A Navy Vet]

World War Z.

[M Kehoe]

The irony slaps you in the face.

Right, Chris Rock?

5.56mm

[jmacusa]

Nicht wahr? Ja.

Du hast recht. Die gute alte zeit ist zurruck!

Isn’t it so? Yes.

Yes, you are right. The good old times are back!

[JonPreston]

[DesertRhino]

Every bad governing idea in the modern world comes from Germany. Nazism, Communism, Prussian Bureaucracy. All German...

They should stick to coo-coo clocks and sausages. They have no business in political thought. They do not respect individual liberty.

[BenLurkin]

Must rescue the letter “ “. Otherwise we can’t spell La amata .

[cld51860]

Isn’t the Z what the Russkies were painting on their tanks?

I guess we now know the real reason for that!

[bravo whiskey]

“He who fights too long against dragons becomes a dragon himself.” Nietzsche

[Navy Patriot]

Germans Could Face Jail Time for Publicly Supporting Russia's Ukraine War

Typically Nazi Germans and German "Law".

[DesertRhino]

I think we still have Enola Gay in the Smithsonian somewhere. When we used it in Japan they came out much nicer.

[Radix]

Lived in Germany for 3 years. That country has always been Fascist and the country is in denial regarding war crimes and the Holocaust.

[SaveFerris]

Heh

[BobL]

It’s important threat Germans speak with one voice, even if it’s totally wrong.

[dfwgator]

Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Führer!

[GOPJ]

Canada’s Trudeau became a thug first chance he had...ask any trucker.

Seems lots of world ‘leaders’ have an inner dictators eating out their souls.

[ifinnegan]

So Germany can buy gas and oil, which provides Russian military money, but a regular person can’t have an opinion.

[Tench_Coxe]

Well, it did start in Bavaria, again....

[abb]

And Bock’s Car is on static display at the Air Force Museum at Wright Pat in Dayton.

[Jewbacca]

No, they don’t.

If nothing else, free speech helps one identify idiots.