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image by Tomislav
Todorovic,
5 June 2021
A flag with the design combining Canadian and neo-Nazi
symbols was used at an ultra-rightist rally which took place at Nathan Phillips
Square, Toronto on 2017-10-21 [1, 2]. It was bearing a small red maple leaf
superimposed in the center of a large Black Sun in white, all on a red field;
the Black Sun variant is the one with a disc in center, much like the original
from Wewelsburg castle [3]. The actual report from the event [1] includes an
incomplete and rather blurred photo of the flag, but a report from a later event
at the University of Toronto campus on 2017-11-07, where the man who had carried
the flag appeared again [2], displays a much clearer photo which, although also
incomplete, still reveals enough details to enable the reconstruction of the
design.
Image of described flag derived from the SVG images of the Black
Sun:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black_Sun_2.svg and of the flag of
Canada:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Canada.svg both from
Wikimedia Commons.
Source:
[1] CBC News website - news report on
2017-10-21:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/nathan-phillips-square-arrested-protest-1.4366088
(photo:
https://i.cbc.ca/1.4366129.1508623124!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/16x9_780/nathan-phillips.png)
[2] Torontoist website - news report on 2017-11-08 (saved at the Internet
Archive on 2017-11-09):
https://torontoist.com/2017/11/revealed-white-supremacists-behind-alt-right-posters-around-city
(photo:
https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/new-black-sun-flag-640x425.png)
[3] Wikimedia Commons - Photos of the Black Sun mosaic from Wewelsburg
castle:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Obergruppenf%C3%BChrersaal
Tomislav Todorovic, 5 June 2021
image by Tomislav Todorovic, 6 June 2021
A flag with the design combining neo-Nazi symbols with those of Quebec was
reported in 2018 [1, 2]. It was bearing a blue fleur-de-lys superimposed in the
center of a large Black Sun in white, all on a blue field. The shade of blue and
shape of fleur-de-lys were those used in the flag of Quebec. The Black Sun
variant was the one with a disc in the center and arc-shaped non-radial segments
of the "spokes", much like the original from Wewelsburg castle [3]. According to
the reports, the flag was custom-made for its users in Montreal [1], to be
eventually stolen and presumably destroyed by their opponents [2].
Image
of described flag derived from the SVG images of the Black Sun:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black_Sun_2.svg and of the Quebec
fleur-de-lys:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fleur_de_lys_du_qu%C3%A9bec.svg both
from Wikimedia Commons.
Sources:
[1] Montréal Antifasciste
website:
https://montreal-antifasciste.info/en/2018/05/27/soldiers-of-odin-in-montreal-the-police-are-still-protectingthe-nazis/
[2] Montréal Contre-information website (in French):
https://mtlcontreinfo.org/deux-membres-datalante-a-montreal-affiches-et-attaques/
[3] Wikimedia Commons - Photos of the Black Sun mosaic from Wewelsburg
castle:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Obergruppenf%C3%BChrersaal
Tomislav Todorovic, 6 June 2021
Active Club Canada Aryan group = "Atomwaffen Division Canada"
image located by William Garrison, 16 December 2023
From
https://gab.com/ActiveClubCanada:
The black-field flag of the
"Active Club Canada", a white-supremacy group, shown on their website, c. Oct.
2023 at: https://gab.com/ActiveClubCanada. The ACC "logo" is different from the
"shield" that appears on their flag. The wording on the flag reads: "Active
Club, XIV, Activism, Athletics, Identity" along with some undiscernible
semi-logo in the shield. "Athletics" refers to this group's early enthusiasm for
physical fitness. The "XIV" = 14: is a numerical shorthand for the white
supremacist slogan known as the "14 Words": "We must secure the existence of our
people and a future for white children." Regarding its logo it uses the "Celtic
Cross" (also called "Oden's Cross" or "Sun Cross" or "Wheel Cross") it should be
noted that the white supremacist version of the Celtic Cross, which consists of
a square cross interlocking with or surrounded by a circle, is one of the most
common white supremacist symbols [per:
http://apps2.coj.net/City_Council_Public_Notices_Repository/ADL%20Hate%20on%20Display%20Printable.pdf]
William Garrison, 16 December 2023