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Evening Standard
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Josh Salisbury

Adidas bans fans from adding '44' to German team football shirt over 'Nazi symbolism resemblance'

Adidas has stopped the sale of Germany shirts with the number 44, because of a resemblance to the logo of the Nazi party's infamous SS paramilitary units.

Adidas on Monday stopped offering the personalisation of shirts names and numbers, and the German football federation halted the delivery of shirts with the number 44 from its own online shop.

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