The relationship between the sports brand Adidas and the German national football team is once again on the front pages of all German newspapers.
This time it is not because of the end of the historical relationship between the two entities as Germany decides to move to Nike, but because of an issue related to Nazi symbology
The German brand has announced that it will remove the number 44 from its clothing options for the national team because the font chosen for the numbers is too reminiscent of the SS rune used by the National Socialists, the forbidden symbol of Adolf Hitler's 'Schutzstaffel'.
The SS was a paramilitary organization under the rule of Hitler and the nazi party. It was the agency of security, surveillance and state terrorism and played a huge role in the holocaust, as well as other attrocities.
