"Researchers say logos for brands including New Balance and Lonsdale are increasingly used as dog whistles for nationalist and Nazi symbolism — something that is especially significant in Germany, where the display of Nazi symbols is restricted by law.
"What we noticed in the last couple of years is that frequently at these events, you see a lot of people who have different signs which relate to the extreme right," said Gideon Botsch, head of the Emil Julius Gumbel Research Unit on Antisemitism and Right-Wing Extremism at Potsdam University."
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