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I don't see that having a kriegsmarine poster in your signature automatically makes you a Nazi.
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Yup, I agree with that. Again, you are arguing against something that is not my postiion. A kriegsmarine poster doesn't have to contain and most often did not contain any Nazi overtones. The kriegsmarine looked upon itself as a professional occupation above politics.
Granted, politics did enter into their activities, sometimes by an enthusiastic Nazi demonstrating command abilities and being promoted, sometimes by imposition of an officer responsible for enforcing party loyalty. But I have no problem with the use of a kriegsmarine recruiting poster that doesn't have explicit and prominent Nazi overtones. Yes, it's possible that somewhere on the poster there might be a swastika or German flag. But it would not be the predominate message of the the poster, and so would fall under the protection of being historically appropriate.
THIS, however has the Nazi flag as its dominating element. It flies over the entire top of the poster and envelops the man. This symbolism is willful and intended to say that this man is devoted to and places himself voluntarily (I'm assuming this is supposed to be a recruiting poster) and "honorably" under glorious Nazi rule. "Join the Navy and be an elite part of the Fuhrer's glorious Reich." Here I'd say the word "Kriegsmarine" doesn't get the poster off the hook. It is like putting "Peace on Earth" on the bottom a "Kill the Jews" poster.
And it is not the same as most of the real Kriegsmarine posters that I have seen. They tend not to be grossly political in this manner.