January 8, 2025, the United States Embassy in Berlin lowered its flag to half-staff in remembrance of the victims of the recent terror attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. (Video by Michael Kuenne ...

The online tool lets users create new versions of the black ... “It was a discussion about ‘why are they doing this’ and ‘how can you do this, it’s our German flag and you are disgracing the flag’.

The new law also applies to acts of defilement besides burning, such as publicly ripping a flag up. Public display of the Nazi swastika and other Nazi symbols is already banned in Germany.

Daisuke found relief in the words of Gerhard Bauer, who works for Germany’s Bundeswehr Military History Museum. In responding to an inquiry from the German House, Bauer confirmed the flag is a ...