100 years of “Reichsbanner” - Felgentreu: Stay vigilant. 100 years ago, the ReichsBanner Schwarz-Red-Gold was founded to protect the republic, then banned by the Nazis.
“Democracy is never so consolidated that one could forego doing something to protect it,” warned the long-time SPD defense expert in an interview with the German Press Agency. With over 1.5 million members, it was the largest mass political organization in the Weimar Republic.