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English: Chanukah Menorah in the window of Rabbi Akiva Boruch Posner, opposite the Nazi Party headquarters building in Kiel, Germany, in 1931.
The text on back of the photo reads:

"Chanukah 5692 (1931)

'Death to Judah'

So the flag says

'Judah will live forever'

So the light answers"
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Author Rachel Posner, photographer

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This image shows (or resembles) a symbol that was used by the National Socialist (NSDAP/Nazi) government of Germany or an organization closely associated to it, or another party which has been banned by the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany.

The use of insignia of organizations that have been banned in Germany (like the Nazi swastika or the arrow cross) may also be illegal in Austria, Brazil, the Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Israel, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and other countries, depending on context. In Germany, the applicable law is paragraph 86a of the criminal code (StGB), in Poland – Art. 256 of the criminal code (Dz.U. 1997 nr 88 poz. 553).

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Hanukiah in a window in Kiel, Germany, on the last day of Hanukkah in 1931.

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