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Black Sun (occult symbol) contains discussion of an image which is alleged to be "illegal to print or display this symbol in Germany today" (namely the logo of the Thule Society, although there is dispute about whether or not this particular rendering is the actual logo). What good would it be to say that about the image without showing it, so it is helpfully shown right beside that text...
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As the Wikimedia servers are in the US, Germany can not do anything about the image. In addition, it is for the purpose of "education", thus exempt from the whole German censorship of their dark past.
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QUOTE(that one guy @ Mon 9th January 2012, 6:08pm) *

As the Wikimedia servers are in the US, Germany can not do anything about the image. In addition, it is for the purpose of "education", thus exempt from the whole German censorship of their dark past.

Some might assume that the reason for censoring such things is not to hide the dark past, but to discourage those who wish to glorify it. Just sayin'...
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