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
Stefan Schwarz Stefan Schwarz Hans-Jürgen Stefan Schwarz (born 18 April 1969), better known as Stefan Schwarz, is a retired Swedish footballer who played as a midfielder. Schwarz started his career at Swedish club Malmö FF to then play in the English Premier League for Arsenal and Sunderland. He went on to feature in the German Bundesliga with Bayer Leverkusen, Italian Serie A for Fiorentina, Spanish La Liga with Valencia, and in the Primeira Divisão for Benfica. Altogether Schwarz earned 69 caps, scoring a sum of 6 times for the Sweden national team. Born to a German father in the city of Malmö,