Laut gegen Nazis e.V. is a non-profit organisation that campaigns against extremist right-winged hatred, hate speech and the unhindered dissemination of Nazi and anti-Semitic ideas. This includes Nazi codes in particular.

Nazi codes are coded hate messages and identification symbols for supporters of right-wing extremist ideas. The codes and abbreviations printed on clothing usually contain forbidden terms, which, due to abbreviations and modifications, are only recognised by insiders - till now.

Trademark law prohibits, among other things, the registration of numbers. For example, the famous abbreviation 88 (HH - Heil Hitler) can be used literally. The Trademark Office wants to protect the public in this way - but its main aim is to ensure that the sale of right-wing extremist merchandise continues unhindered, thus financing the right-wing scene.

Join the alliance and help stop the spread of right-wing ideas once and for all as a brand, retailer or platform. Laut gegen Nazis is also a non-profit organisation that funds itself and its campaigns, such as Fashion Against Fascism, through donations - which are always welcome!

To stop the spread of right-wing abbreviations and codes and thus the financing of the right-wing scene. Where the law and trademark law reach their limits, platforms and fashion brands can now take action themselves and prevent the spread of Nazi codes on their platforms.

A dedicated team is currently working with scene experts to filter and update the database. However, an automated process is conceivable in the future.

Brands that want to check themselves for the distribution of right-wing merch can do so voluntarily. This will be done confidentially - the results will not be made public.

Fashion against Fascism starts where even trademark law is powerless. An open alliance of the largest German fashion and e-commerce platforms that collects inhumane abbreviations in the largest database of Nazi codes and ensures that they are no longer disseminated out of ignorance.

By modifying prohibited terms, the prohibition laws no longer apply. For example, a shirt that says "I ♥ HITLER" is banned, but "I ♥ HTLR" is not. Banning these abbreviations is a long process, and certainly slower than the Nazis, who come up with new abbreviations very quickly.

Recht gegen Rechts is a campaign launched by Laut gegen Nazis together with Jung von Matt. It uses trademark law to protect Nazi abbreviations. In this way, Nazis can be prevented from using their own codes. And if they do, it gets expensive. Unfortunately, even trademark law sometimes has its limits.

Because they can easily design and produce shirts and sell them at a profit. They have become the central distribution channel for the right-winged scene, which uses them not only to spread its inhumane messages, but also to fund its political campaigns. It is time to change this.

The database collects Nazi abbreviations and their meanings and makes them available as a freely accessible list and API interface for brands. This allows the codes to be registered as banned terms on platforms, preventing Nazi merchandise from being sold freely.

We have also developed a web crawler that can analyse existing websites for Nazi abbreviations. This allows shop owners to easily find out if their site is inadvertently selling Nazi codes with just a few clicks.

Since its inception, Laut gegen Nazis e.V. has been fighting against the spread of right-wing hate and hate speech. The organisation's mission is to educate people about Nazi cults and codes and to stop them. To this end, LGN has set itself the task of collecting and updating these codes in the form of a database.

Join the alliance and sign the open letter. Support the campaign, which will go live in April, and take the opportunity to take an active and public stand against the spread of right-wing hate on online platforms.

The first thing you should do is check the context of the code and consider how likely it is that Nazis are abusing your company. The product should then either be removed from circulation or a warning should be issued to customers. In the long term, a button could be integrated on the page to report Nazi codes. In addition, a person in the company could be assigned to deal with the issue.