Two years ago, Adidas blocked personalisation of German football team shirts with the number 44 following controversy caused by the design of the number; it bore a resemblance to an SS Nazi symbol - the lightning-bolts symbol. The DFB German football federation explained at the time that the design had been submitted to UEFA and that "no parties" had seen any proximity to Nazi symbolism. Nevertheless, an alternative design for the number four was to be developed. In Germany, glorification of Nazis symbols is totally prohibited. In Spain, the law of democratic memory bans glorification of the Franco regime but...
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