Just a restoration?
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The model of LZ 129, as it was built after the Second World War: without swastikas, Olympic symbols or Fraktur script. Having been, so to speak, ‘denazified’, it is on display in this form at the Zeppelin Museum. Photo: Markus Tretter.

The lettering on LZ 129 Hindenburg in Fraktur script. It is missing from the model. Image: Zeppelin Museum, Friedrichshafen.

The model of LZ 129 at the Lake Constance Museum. The characteristic swastikas are missing. The entire presentation of the history of the Zeppelin there was purely technical and not particularly political. Photo: Zeppelin Museum, Friedrichshafen.

LZ 129 Hindenburg on its flight across Germany. The swastikas and the damage to the tail are clearly visible. Photo: Zeppelin Museum, Friedrichshafen.

The model as a loan at the Aeronauticum in Nordholz. There, the missing swastikas were added, the lettering altered and the Olympic rings affixed to bring it into line with the historical original. Photo: W. Näser.