According to Reuters, a German politician has filed charges against (Internet encyclopedia) Wikipedia’s German language site. She charges that the website contains too much Nazi symbolism, particularly an article on the Hitler Youth movement.

“The extent and frequency of the symbols on it goes beyond what is needed for documentation and political education, in my view,” she told Reuters.

“This isn’t about restricting freedom of opinion, it’s about examining what the limits are.”

A spokesman for Wikipedia rejected the charge, and told Reuters “We don’t really know what Ms. Schubert’s problem is.”

“What’s important is the context the symbols are used in, and here it’s quite clearly education and documentation.”

Public display of Nazi symbols is illegal in Germany, but they can be used for educational and artistic purposes.

Schubert met with little support within her own party, and withdrew her charges on Friday morning.