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Dating back to the Weimar Republic in Germany (1919-1933) this flag was used by both East and West Germany during the cold war. The East German version included a Communist symbol in the center as the only differing point.When the two German areas re-united in 1990 the West German version of the flag was adopted to represent the unified Germany. | |
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Originally the colors black, red and yellow were taken from the uniform colors of the "Black Jager" - volunteers who fought against Napoleon from 1813-1815. Later however, the colors were given new meanings by a German politician and poet, Ferdinand Freiligrath, when he indicated that the black was for gunpowder, the red for blood and the yellow the glow given off by the fire |
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