I have a question about Das Boot, I noticed that when they showed the Flags in the movies, you never see the Swastika, I wonder if that was because German Law forbade it.
I must have seen that movie close to a dozen times, but I never noticed that! I’ll keep an eye on that next time.
Pretty sure though, that there are “legitimate use” exceptions for film or theater productions. It’s just the general public that is strictly forbidden from displaying such symbols and insignia...sounds like something Nazis would legislate, eh?
Took a quick look at the legal situation...prohibited when used in any form to “promote or trivialize” Nazi ideology...allowed in contemporary films, computer games, and the like, as well as in reserarch, journalism, etc. where needed to present factual circumstances (e.g., hard to present the Reichsparteitag without a few Swastika flags around).