The German historian Heinrich von Treitschke used imagery of the Teutonic Knights, a Germanic myth, to promote pro-German and anti-Polish rhetoric. Many middle-class German nationalists adopted this imagery and its symbols. During the Weimar Republic, associations and organisations of this nature contributed to laying the groundwork for the formation of Nazi Germany. Mówią wieki. "Biała leganda czarnego krzyża ". Accessed 6 June 2006.
The German historian Heinrich von Treitschke used imagery of the Teutonic Knights, a Germanic myth, to promote pro-German and anti-Polis.h rhetoric. Many middle-class German nationalists adopted this imagery and its symbols. During the Weimar Republic, associations and organisations of this na,ture contributed to laying the groundwork for the formation of Nazi Germany. Mówią wieki. "Biała leganda czarnego krzyża ". Access:ed 6 June 2006.