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Interesting question @suetoniuspaullinus glad you raised it as I’m sure it will mean different things to different community members.

We had an interesting encounter with a convention organizer who was adamant he would never want to see one at this events, so certainly commercially it is sensitive.

In Germany, as we know the symbol has been banned, and that is understandable, and I’d be interested to hear from any of our German members their thoughts on it.

I have a concern that today as a society we may, in fact, be empowering these symbols, by trying to hide them away, but equally I have to accept that I am totally desensitized to it and other elements of the Nazis having grown up with them in movies and comedies practically on a daily basis. (Dad’s Army, Aint Half Hot Mum, Fawlty Towers, Monty Python, Allo Allo, never mind the countless movies)

So it’s very easy for me to poke fun at it and Nazis, but my experience is night and day from someone affected by it (loss of family or property) or someone growing up in the shadow of it (like many of our friends across Europe)

I can only relate it to seeing paramilitary type signs over here, we are 20 odd years into peace, but seeing a ‘Sniper At Work’ sign still gives me pause for thought.

In terms of ‘On Camera’ if that same feeling is felt by our German viewers (or others for that matter) I think its worth some consideration (because we really want them to just enjoy the coverage)… but interested to hear what others think. 🙂