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Real reason? People who were not used to it were finding it hard to read. Who would that be? People in newly-conquered countries/areas. But of course there it would be problematic for Hitler to abandon this symbol of German identity for that reason alone… so he labeled it as Jewish.
Thomas Phinney
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2026-05-08 21:08:51 UTC
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