{"id":381133,"date":"2024-04-01T20:44:30","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T20:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=381133"},"modified":"2024-04-01T22:02:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T22:02:47","slug":"germany-adidas-recall-jerseys-over-nazi-symbolism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=381133","title":{"rendered":"Germany, Adidas recall jerseys over Nazi symbolism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The German <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/football\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"football\">football<\/a> federation and Adidas have stopped the sale of Germany jerseys with the number 44 because of a resemblance to the logo of the Nazi Party\u2019s notorious SS paramilitary units.<\/p>\n<p>Adidas on Tuesday stopped offering the personalisation of jerseys with names and numbers, and the federation halted the delivery of jerseys with the number 44 from its own online shop.<\/p>\n<p>The federation said it was looking for an alternative design for the number four together with its partner, 11teamsports.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/news-2024-gold-coast-titans-des-hasler-tanah-boyd-kieran-foran-halves-change-aj-brimson-the-mole-exclusive\/5802c0e9-2d69-454f-b298-007bc8d9a691\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"&#x27;Awkward&#x27; Hasler situation after &#x27;awful&#x27; Titans performance\ufeff\"><strong>&#x27;Awkward&#x27; Hasler situation after &#x27;awful&#x27; Titans performance\ufeff<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/combat-sports\/boxing-news-2024-tim-tszyu-vs-sebastian-fundora-rematch-agent-deal\/c45dd014-cbf0-4f69-b5b8-3cb0e2156af0\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Twist in Tszyu future as rival agent confirms intent\ufeff\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Twist in Tszyu future as rival agent confirms intent\ufeff<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/news-2024-raiders-complaint-sharks-trainer-daniel-holdsworth-paul-gallen-phil-gould-comments\/755be0cb-8efa-4d7c-9e47-387a98b347b0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Raiders fume over rival trainer&#x27;s sneaky act\"><strong>Raiders fume over rival trainer&#x27;s sneaky act<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNone of the parties involved saw any proximity to Nazi symbolism in the development process of the jersey design,\u201d the federation said on X.<\/p>\n<p>The moves to withdraw jerseys with number 44 came after it was pointed out that the two fours together resembled the stylised SS used by the Nazi Party\u2019s Schutzstaffel group.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"a4115a17-340f-474b-8973-2bf09f18c11b\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/a4115a17-340f-474b-8973-2bf09f18c11b\" alt=\"The Germany jerseys that have been recalled by Adidas.\" data-width=\"1326\" data-height=\"746\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Commonly known as the SS, it included police units, combat forces and others who ran the concentration camps that carried out the mass killings of civilians during World War II.<\/p>\n<p>The stylized SS symbol is banned in Germany today.<\/p>\n<p>Adidas spokesman Oliver Br\u00fcggen told news agency dpa that the federation and 11teamsports were responsible for the design of the names and numbers on the shirts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople from around 100 countries work at Adidas. Our company stands for the promotion of diversity and inclusion, and as a company we actively campaign against xenophobia, antisemitism, violence and hatred in all forms,\u201d Br\u00fcggen said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny attempts to promote divisive or exclusionary views are not part of our values as a brand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Br\u00fcggen said Adidas \u201cstrongly rejects any suggestions that this was our intention&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Germany is hosting the European Championship from June 14 to July 14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The German football federation and Adidas have stopped the sale of Germany jerseys with the number 44 because of a resemblance to the logo of <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=381133\" title=\"Germany, Adidas recall jerseys over Nazi symbolism\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":381135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381133"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=381133"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":381136,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381133\/revisions\/381136"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/381135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=381133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=381133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=381133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}