When the Nazis got here to power in 1933, the black-white-purple colours of pre-1918 Imperial Germany had been swiftly reintroduced, and their propaganda machine continued to discredit the Schwarz-Rot-Gold, utilizing the same derogatory phrases as previously used by the monarchists. The colours black-white-crimson appeared for the primary time in 1867 in the constitution of the North German Confederation. After Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor on 30 January 1933 the black-purple-gold flag ...