Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold The Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold (, ""Black, Red, Gold Banner of the Reich"") was an organization in Germany during the Weimar Republic, formed by members of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, the German Centre Party, and the (liberal) German Democratic Party in 1924. Its goal was to defend parliamentary democracy against internal subversion and extremism from the left and right, to teach the population to respect the new Republic, to honor its flag and the constitution. Its name is derived from the Flag of Germany adopted in 1919, the colors of which were associated with liberal parliamentary democracy and
Flo V. Schwarz Flo V. Schwarz Flo V. Schwarz is the lead vocalist, guitarist and head of the German band Pyogenesis that co-invented Gothic Metal in the early 1990s. He is also owner of the Hamburg, Germany-based record label and management company Hamburg Records. The greater successes of his band Pyogenesis were sold out tours and shows in Mexico, Russia, Asia or Hungary, where they played in front of more than half a million people as well as #1 in the German Alternative Charts, #1 in the Mexican Import Charts or entries in national charts. Flo V. Schwarz is also a producer for