Billy Brown put up the flag, which contained a black and white swastika in his back garden. But his neighbours were disgusted with his actions and the German marching tunes he played. A Nazi flag flown outside a former British soldier’s home has been taken down after a backlash amongst the community. Billy Brown erected the red and white flag with black and white swastika in his back garden. But his neighbours were left disgusted after he put up the flag on Monday. One resident also claimed to have heard German music coming from Mr Brown’s home in Walker, Newcastle, in the late morning and early afternoon. His chosen melody was marching tune Erika, which was written in the 1930s and used by the German military, reports ChronicleLive. One neighbour, who wished to remain anonymous, said: “He’s always got different flags but that is the first time I’ve seen a Nazi flag. I’m in complete and utter shock. I’m disgusted.” (…) Billy, who says he was in the British Army for six years and served in Germany, claims he put the controversial Nazi flag up for a relative who was interested in history and World War II.
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