Adidas Bans '44' on Germany's Team Jerseys After Historian Says It Looks Like a Nazi Symbol
Adidas has banned fans from personalizing the German national team jersey with the number “44” after outrage over the resulting resemblance to Nazi symbolism. Historian Michael König appears to have been one of the first people to notice the resemblance between the “44” and the symbol for the “Schutzstaffel,