page_title: Antifa (Germany)
section_title: Symbolism
hierarchical_section_title: Antifa (Germany) / Contemporary groups / Symbolism
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Unbearbeitetes, dafür zeitnah hochgeladenes Foto vom 1. Mai 2013 in Hannover: Der Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund hatte zu den Demonstrationen unter dem Motto "Gute Arbeit. Sichere Rente. Soziales Europa" aufgerufen. Vielleicht letztmals zogen Demonstranten und unterschiedlichste Gruppierungen vom Freizeitheim Linden zum Klagesmarkt, den die Stadt Hannover im Zuge der Umbaumaßnahmen von Hannover City 2020 + demnächst mit Häusern bebauen will. Auch 2013 nahmen insbesondere Familien mit Kindern an den Feierlichkeiten teil und konnten vielleicht letztmals gleichzeitig in der Grünfläche des Gartendenkmals Alter St. Nikolai Friedhof Erholung finden ...
context_page_description: Antifa is a political movement in Germany composed of multiple far-left, autonomous, militant groups and individuals who describe themselves as anti-fascist. According to the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and the Federal Agency for Civic Education, the use of the epithet fascist against opponents and the understanding of capitalism as a form of fascism are central to the movement. The Antifa movement has existed in different eras and incarnations. The original organisation called Antifa was the Antifaschistische Aktion, set up by the then-Stalinist Communist Party of Germany during the late history of the Weimar Republic. After the forced dissolution in the wake of the Machtergreifung in 1933, the movement went underground. In the postwar era, the historical Antifaschistische Aktion inspired a variety of different movements, groups and individuals in Germany as well as other countries which widely adopted variants of its aesthetics and some of its tactics. Known as the wider Antifa movement, the modern Antifa groups have no direct organisational connection to the historical Antifaschistische Aktion.
context_section_description: Many modern Antifa groups have adopted variants of the aesthetics of the original Antifa movement of 1932–1933. Most use a modified variant of its logo, originally designed by Max Gebhard and Max Keilson for the Communist Party of Germany. Sometimes, the name of the historical organisation is also included on banners and other imagery, although it does not form an extant organisation. While the original logo of Antifaschistische Aktion featured two red flags representing communism and socialism, modern Antifa logos since the 1980s usually feature a black flag representing anarchism and autonomism in addition to the red flag.
caption: German Antifa protesters with banner reading: "Red & Anarchist Skinheads Hannover; as long as you don't resist you're supporting the system"
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