Hi.

The thought crossed my mind when I played the Return to Castle Wolfenstein demo last night, and noticed that its splash screen informed me that the game was not allowed in Germany.

Well, as far as I can remember, it was "on the index", which doesn't exactly mean that it is not allowed, it is only not allowed to sell those to people that are not of legal age (18 in Germany). The version sold in Germany was modified, though, it contained much less references to the 3rd Reich than the original version.

it's got anything to do with them not wanting to re-live a particularly unpleasant part of their history, I can understand.

Oh well, Literature that contains Nazi propaganda of any kind (like Hitler's "Mein Kampf") and any the regalia of the 3rd Reich (like uniforms, swastika etc.) are also illegal. I don't really think this makes much sense, not allowing them to be worn in public does make sense to me though.

cu,
sven