German Censorship

This is a sub-page of Wolfenstein: The New Order.

And you were just a scroll away from being fired too...

Oh dear, I do believe I have the vapors.
This page contains content that is not safe for work or other locations with the potential for personal embarrassment.
Such as: Nazi symbols and imagery.

To do:
See if it is possible to replace the screenshots with graphic rips one day.

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Specifically: The source for the photos can be found in the Notes page. All of the Retail photos have been uploaded; we only need to upload the German ones now.

The New Order underwent a significant amount of censorship to comply with German laws and regulations concerning Nazi imagery and propaganda.

Gore and Violence#

Surprisingly, the game's graphic violence and excessive gore were largely left intact, with only minor alterations, such as the removal of bodies inside a cremation chamber.

Blazkowicz's animations weren't adjusted, so he still gestures the motion of pushing the bodies despite the chamber being empty.

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Altered Dialogue#

'...But what does it mean?'
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Speaker	Sound	Transcript		Translation
English (Original)	German
Blazkowicz		Heard of places like this. Auschwitz, Buchenwald.	Habe von Orten wie diesem gehört. Es gibt unzählige davon ...	Heard of places like this one. There's countless of them all over the country
Anya Oliwa		I need to compare it with the official German state records... on Jewish citizen in the years between 1939 and 1945.	Ich muss sie mit dem offiziellen Register der verfolgten Burger der ersten Kriegsjahre vergleichen.	I have to compare them to the official register of persecuted citizens during the first years of the war.

Nazi Imagery#

All swastikas and other Nazi symbols were completely removed or replaced. References to the Nazi Party were altered, and unlike previous entries in the series, they are no longer referred to as "the Wolves" but as "the regime". Naturally, these changes were made with the intention of making the game legally acceptable in Germany while preserving the overall narrative and tone of the story.

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The most common example is the replacement of the Swastika and the SS bolts with the Wolfenstein logo and the Wolf insignia, respectively.

Textures, Models and Assets#

Below is a comprehensive list of nearly every texture, asset, and model that were modified for the German release to comply with local regulations

International	German	Notes

		The Swastika was completely erased.
		The "Hail Hitler" salute was swapped for a generic hand salute.

		The emblems were completely scrubbed from the recharge station.







		The emblem was swapped, but the texture quality is very poor.

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