rces.

The comradely German greeting is to be exchanged between all
equally ranking members of the SA and the SS and members of
a corresponding rank in the Army, the police, the veterans'
organization, the German air-sport league, the Hitler Youth,
the railway guards, and the whole membership of the party so
far as they are distinguishable by regulation uniforms.

(b) The Swastika

Early in its history the Nazi Party adopted the swastika banner as
its official emblem.[77] It was designed by Hitler himself, who wrote
in _Mein Kampf_:

I myself after countless attempts had laid down a final
form: a flag with a background of red cloth, having a white
circle, and, in its center, a black swastika....

As National Socialists we see our program in our flag. In
the _red_ we see the social idea of the movement, in the
_white_ the nationalistic idea, and in the _swastika_ the
fight for the victory of Aryan man and at the same time for
the victory of the idea of creative work, which in itself
always was and always will be anti-Semitic.[78]

The swastika banner came into general use after January 30, 1933 as a
symbol of allegiance to the Hitler regime, but not until two years
later was it made the German national flag by the Reich flag law of
September 15, 1935.[79] Another law, decreed on April 7, 1937,[80]
specified that:

The insignia which the NSDAP, its formations, and associated
organizations use for their officers, their structure, their
organization, and their symbols may not be used by other
associations either alone or with embellishments.

It is interesting to note that party regulations forbid members to use
passport photographs in which they appear in party uniform or wearing
party insignia and that party members are forbidden to discuss foreign
policy with foreigners unless they are officially designated by the
Fuehrer to do so. The pertinent regulations read:

_Pass Photos on Identification Cards_

Members of the NSDAP must not use pass photos which show the
holder of any identification card in a uniform of the party
or of any of its formations. It is also forbidden to use as
pass photos pictures which show the person wearing a party
button.

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_Conversations With Foreigners_

It is forbidden to all party members to engage in