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
Ernst Schwarz (sinologist) high standards concerning Tao Yuan-Ming, Confucius and Lao Tse in the German-speaking world. His autobiography, Tausend Tore hat die Wahrheit, (A Thousand Gates have the Truth), published in Berlin in 2001, is no longer in print. In 1981, Ernst Schwarz received the F.-C.-Weiskopf Prize and in 1992 the Golden Medal of Honour of Vienna (Ehrenmedaille der Bundeshauptstadt Wien). He is the father of actress Melan Schwarz aka Marijam Agischewa. Ernst Schwarz (sinologist) Ernst Schwarz (6 August 1916, Vienna - 6 September 2003, Münichreith) was an Austrian sinologist and translator. Ernst Schwarz came from a Jewish merchant family from Vienna. His