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Message:: [QUOTE="chrisild, post: 295698, member: 39"]Since this strange "nazis & eagle" thing has been brought up a few times in this thread: The nazis did not use the eagle in the sense that they introduced one as a symbol of their ideology. Both the swastika and the fasces, however, were symbols that the two dictatorships introduced. Except that, as I wrote, the fasces had been (and still is) in use in Europe. Maybe some language related examples work better: In the early 20th century, terms such as "Concentration Camp" (think South Africa) or "Final Solution" may have been somewhat controversial but not worse. In the mid/late 1940s, however, they became strongly connected to the Holocaust - not only in Europe AFAIK but also in the US. Had the US government used them in a different sense at that time, I assume they would have been replaced. Words like "nation", on the other hand (which the nazis also tried to "re-define"), were and are acceptable in the US because they have a different historical context. As for that eagle on German coins ... there is a reason why it can be found on current coins from the Federal Republic. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Christian[/QUOTE]