| Re: I didn't know that eBay did this...
Ebay are aware that it is an offence to display a swastika in public in Germany. This was law under the Federal West German regime and as their laws supercede East German laws, they carry through.
Because of this law history has to be modified and as a result of this you will not find any decals with a swastika in any model kits marketed in Europe. Even the famous DAK symbol has been reduced to a floating palm tree! ( floating over the space where the swastika has been zapped! )
When I was a kid all the Airfix models had the requisite swastikas on the decal sheet and it didn't turn me into a nazi!
Still, policy is policy, and political correctness is the order of the day. I can understand why the symbol is anathema to many, so I guess that this piece of protectionist revisionism must be upheld.
MoMo |