Maniacal
the green Napoleon
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In mid December the Norwegion government (or rather it's "intelligence" (cough) agencies) saw a video on YouTube about what they claim is "Nazi Propaganda" using the Norwegion antheme.
In reality it is a recruitment video for an in game alliance (THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH NAZIS). http://www.nordreich.net/ The game (Cybernations): http://www.cybernations.net/
(The following is from here and is in Alech's words)
From Norwegain media:
http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=146989
refers too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08YmRlQBI7U
Short version in English:
The Norwegian government is appealed that the Norwegian national anthem has been abused by what they call Nazi-propaganda. The Nazi-propaganda in question is a Nordreich PR film on YouTube.
According to the article the Norwegian state department and Police are now looking into the matter.
Translation into English;
Nordreich's counter statement;
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Needless to say Norway has become the laughing stock of CN. Also the Iron cross has been used in WW1 and that was DEFINATELY before the Nazis.
EDIT: And this; http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=4943984&postcount=15
In mid December the Norwegion government (or rather it's "intelligence" (cough) agencies) saw a video on YouTube about what they claim is "Nazi Propaganda" using the Norwegion antheme.
In reality it is a recruitment video for an in game alliance (THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH NAZIS). http://www.nordreich.net/ The game (Cybernations): http://www.cybernations.net/
(The following is from here and is in Alech's words)
From Norwegain media:
http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=146989
refers too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08YmRlQBI7U
Short version in English:
The Norwegian government is appealed that the Norwegian national anthem has been abused by what they call Nazi-propaganda. The Nazi-propaganda in question is a Nordreich PR film on YouTube.
According to the article the Norwegian state department and Police are now looking into the matter.
Translation into English;
"Ja, vi elsker" in nazi movie
Strong reaction from UD (Foreign Ministry)
Berlin (VG) With "Ja, vi elsker" and Hitler-propaganda, far-right movements in Europe attempt to recruit members.
(Picture)
Text under picture: Critical: Bjørn Tore Godal wants to end the practice of misusing Norwegian symbols in Germany.
Both the Foreign Department, the Police Security Service and the Norwegian embassy in Berlin are reacting strongly towards the misuse of the Norwegian national anthem and other symbols.
The reason is a video at Youtube.com, where "Ja Vi Elsker" is played in the background, at the same time as propaganda from among other countries, Hitlerite Germany is on the screen.
The video references to another site, Nordreich, on multiple occasions. According to experts Nordreich is a forum for extreme right movements. The webpage is supposed to be based in Germany.
The Foreign Department are quite critical to the video. In a letter to Youtube they demand that it be moved immediately.
- We condemn usage of Norwegian symbols in a way that can give associations to rightist environments, Kaja Halvorsen, advisor to the Communications Unit, tells VG.
A Norwegian expert, who because of his job cannot tell the public his name and work place, has reviewed the video thoroughly for VG.
- There is no doubt what this is about. Those who have made the video have knowledge of the symbols and know what they have done, he says.
Nazi references
The video contains, among other things:
* References to the NSDAP in Germany, which Adolf Hitler led and brought to power.
* A map of Hitlers empire
* Hitlers fleet at sea (this is wrong, there are far too many capital ships in that picture (*Prince: WW1 ships*))
* The Norwegian odalsrune, which symbolises heritage, family and inheritage and is often used as a nazi symbol.
* A modified version of the Imperial German flag, which has been cut-pasted with the Norwegian and Prussian flags and given an odalsrune with angeled legs, a symbol that goes alongside the swastika.
* A symbol referring to the Iron Cross, a military decoration issued when Germany is at war.
* A constant background playing of "Ja Vi Elsker", which is also the title of the film
- Security in danger
- The groups behind these films are getting better organised constantly. My point of view is that they are putting national security at risk, the expert says.
UD (The Foreign Department) has lately had to handle several cases where Norwegian symbols have been misused, among other things the controversial "Thor Steinar"-collection. The problem is biggest in Germany.
- What we can see can not be characterised as a global tendency, but because we live in a global worldrolleyes where we all know what Norway stands for, we choose to be active to prevent a larger spread.
Ambassador to Berlin Bjørn Tore Godal hopes that German authorities will aid him in the struggle to end the misusage.
- Unacceptable
- I haven't met one German politician who hasn't reacted correctly to this. To take jucidial steps from here does seem to be going a bit far, he says.
Godal says clearly that the embassy will strike harder against more misusage of Norwegian symbols.
- It is completely unacceptable. We can not accept that symbols of Norwegian democracy are used in connection with these environments, he says.
Nordreich's counter statement;
Sigmund Ceowulf said:
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Needless to say Norway has become the laughing stock of CN. Also the Iron cross has been used in WW1 and that was DEFINATELY before the Nazis.
EDIT: And this; http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=4943984&postcount=15
Some lousy journalist still think's they are nazis.
