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Flags found in the German weekly news magazine "Der Spiegel"

2001: April

Issue 14 (April 2nd)

p. 136: Suicidal terrorist of the Hamas showing himself on a video in front of flags with the shahada.

p. 137: Flag of the Faroe Islands.

p. 138: Russian president Putin with the presidential standard.

p. 140: Russian submarine "Kursk" on parade displaying signal flags.

p. 175: Supporters of the German football club HSV waving flags of their club. Pictures of the different flags can be seen at the club's webpage in the fanshop http://www.hsv.shoppingserver.de . Two of the main variants are also shown as gifs.

p. 176: German Football fans in Dortmund waving flags (not clear which).

Issue 15 (April 9th)

p. 14: German campers displaying a carpet in the German national colours.

p. 58: Celebrating German unity in 1990: German national flags are waved, and at the right side the flags of the 16 Länder are on display (provisional ones for the new Länder).

p. 62: Funeral of a fighter of the UCK in Kosovo; a plain Albanian flag is on display.

p. 80: Ukrainian president Kuchma with former German chancellor Kohl (in 1995) in front of Ukrainian and German national flags.

p. 151: EU commissioner Verheugen, EU president Prodi and Hungarian prime minister Orban in front of a EU flag.

p. 156: Amphibious landing exercise of the Chinese People's Liberation Army with many plain red flags.

p. 174: Jaime Mayor Oreja, candidate of the conservative PP for the position of prime minister in Basque Country, in front of a Spanish state flag.

Issue 16 (April 14th)

p. 19: EU flag and flags of EU member states in front of the European Parliament, Brussels.

p. 22: Fuck Parade in Berlin (1999) with an unknown flag.

p. 28: German Bundestag with German national flag and EU flag.

p. 76: Demonstration of German Neonazis in Leipzig with flags of the JN (youth organization of the NPD).

p. 77: Information seminar for teachers including information about symbols used by Neonazis in Germany (e.g. Reichskriegsflagge = German war ensign 1903-1919)

p. 129: British Demonstration against shutting-down of plants of the automobile manufacturer Rover: a Union Jack defaced with "Don't let Rover die" is prominently displayed (we look at the reverse, obviously).

p.136: The last governor of Hongkong takes the Union flag at the handover ceremony in 1997.

p. 161: German Football fans in Dortmund waving several flags, especially flags of their club "Borussia Dortmund"

p. 176/177: Demonstration in Bonn (1968) displaying a lot of plain red flags.

Issue 17 (April 23rd)

p. 7: Protesting against the growing grip of the state on media in Russia: a Russian national flag with black crape.

p. 20: Military funeral with a German state (and war) flag draped on the coffin.

p. 126: Protesting against the growing grip of the state on media in Russia: a Russian national flag is waved.

p. 146: Mostly plain red flags during the protests in Quebec against the Panamerican Summit.

p. 156: Burning a Japanese war ensign (with some inscription) in Seoul, South Korea.

p. 172: Francesco Rutelli, the former mayor of Rome (and now left candidate for Italian prime minister), in front of Italian, EU and Rome flag (with arms).

p. 174: EU commissioner Verheugen with EU flag.

p. 194: Brasilian tennis player Kuerten with fans and a Brasilian national flag.

p. 216: Soviet propaganda poster (1944) showing red banners with the arms of the constituent republics.

Issue 18 (April 30th)

p. 17: EU parliament at Strasbourg with EU flag and flags of EU member states.

p. 40: Berlin: Reichstag with four German national flags flying.

p. 44: German Ministry of Defense at Bonn with German state flag.

p. 54: Former German Bundestag building at Bonn with German national flag in background.

p. 69: Bergmann barracks at Munich with German state flag.

p. 142/143: Parade of Turkish tanks on National holiday with Turkish national flags flying.

p. 145: Leader of Kurdish PKK, Öcalan, in front of a Turkish national flag.

p. 152: Surviving dependant of the Oklahoma bombing with US national flag.

p. 160: Cuban president Castro with Cuban national flags.

p. 162: Painting of a Cuban national flag decorated with head of Fidel Castro (in a house at Havanna).

p. 224: Chinese and Cuban presidents Jiang Zemin and Fidel Castro with Cuban flag.