On 5/8, for doing prohibited “Heil Hitler” salutes in front of the significant Reichstag construction that houses the German parliament they were arrested by the German police.
Berlin police officers arrested the two men, aged 36 and 49, after they were seen signalling the Nazi-era pose and snapping each other with their handphones.
They face charges for “using symbols of illegal organizations”, the police said in a official release, and were free after placement 0f €500 (S$800) bail each.
Germany has firm laws on hatred language and signs related to Hitler and the Nazis, who governed between 1933 and 1945.
The Reichstag is a influential representation in Germany.
It was ruined by fire in 1933 by an pyromaniac supposed to have been rewarded by the Nazis, who then accused the fire on the Communists and used it as an justification to harshly limit civil rights.