{"id":16304,"date":"2024-04-02T15:58:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T15:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/02\/adidas-stops-customization-of-germany-jersey-for-fear-of-nazi-symbolism\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T15:58:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T15:58:02","slug":"adidas-stops-customization-of-germany-jersey-for-fear-of-nazi-symbolism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/02\/adidas-stops-customization-of-germany-jersey-for-fear-of-nazi-symbolism\/","title":{"rendered":"Adidas Stops Customization of Germany Jersey for Fear of Nazi Symbolism"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The sports apparel giant Adidas abruptly stopped the sale of German soccer jerseys created with the player number \u201c44\u201d this week because the figure, when depicted in the official lettering of the uniform\u2019s design, too closely resembled a well-known Nazi symbol.<\/p>\n

The stylized square font used by Adidas for the jerseys, which will be worn by Germany\u2019s team when it hosts this summer\u2019s European soccer championships, makes the \u201c44\u201d resemble the \u201cSS\u201d emblem used by the Schutzstaffel, the feared Nazi paramilitary group that was instrumental in the murder of six million Jews. The emblem is one of dozens of Nazi symbols, phrases and gestures that are banned in Germany.<\/p>\n

The country\u2019s soccer federation, which is responsible for the design, said Monday any similarity to the logo created by the design\u2019s numbering was unintentional.<\/p>\n

\u201cNone of the parties involved saw any proximity to Nazi symbolism in the creation process of the jersey design,\u201d the DFB, the German Football Association, said in a statement on X<\/a> on Monday. Nonetheless, it said, \u201can alternative design for the No. 4\u201d was being created in time for use in the team\u2019s coming games.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n