Germany shirt with 44 commemorates the SS, sale prohibited. Adidas blocks customization for fans' purchases.
The Schutzstaffel (SS) had in fact the task of carrying out the industrialized genocide of the Jews throughout Europe, and were therefore at the basis of the Holocaust. An Adidas spokesperson, Oliver Brüggen, denied that the kit's resemblance to Nazi symbols was intentional. "We as a company are committed to opposing xenophobia, anti-Semitism, violence and hatred in all forms," he said.