# OMG Secret Nazi OMG Secret Nazi is a YTMND fad from 2005 in which users photoshopped swastikas and Hitler imagery into mundane pictures of forests, gardens and revolving doors, mimicking the breathless news-article style of a real Nazi-tree discovery in Germany. The first page, 'OMG, Secret Nazi Forest!!,' went up on September 20, 2005. By the end of that year the format had spawned Secret Nazi Tetris, Secret Nazi Calculator and the inevitable Secret Communist Forest. ## Origin The joke grew out of a real controversy. In 1992 German foresters near Zernikow in Brandenburg identified a block of larch trees planted in the shape of a swastika during the Nazi era, visible only from the air as the larches turned yellow in autumn[2]. German media and the BBC ran aerial photographs of the pattern in 2000, and the remaining distinctive trees were removed that December. On September 20, 2005, a YTMND user posted 'OMG, Secret Nazi Forest!!' at naziforest.ytmnd.com, looping one of those aerial shots over a flashing Hitler GIF with 'Heute Ist Mein Tag' as the soundtrack[1]. The page spread inside YTMND's remix culture and the 'OMG, secret Nazi ______' title convention was set. - **Platform:** YTMND (naziforest.ytmnd.com) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2005 ## Overview Each OMG Secret Nazi page follows a simple recipe: a photograph of an everyday place, a swastika photoshopped or awkwardly highlighted inside it, a flashing portrait of Hitler, and a German-language track looping underneath[1]. Most sightings are obvious joke edits, while a smaller slice points to existing swastika-like shapes in common design patterns and plays the discovery as if it were real[2]. The original Nazi Forest YTMND paired the 1992 Zernikow aerial photograph with the Blümchen pop song 'Heute Ist Mein Tag,' and the audio became a loose signature for later edits[1]. Each follow-up took the title 'OMG, secret Nazi ______,' with the blank naming whatever ordinary object was supposedly hiding the swastika. ## How to Use A typical OMG Secret Nazi post takes a photograph of an ordinary object or place, overlays a swastika roughly fit to the scene, places a flashing Hitler GIF somewhere on the page, and loops a loud German-language track as background music. The title follows the pattern 'OMG, secret Nazi ______,' with the blank naming the subject of the image, such as Tetris, mother-in-law, calculator or revolving door. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is OMG Secret Nazi? A YTMND fad from 2005 where users made pages showing photoshopped or coincidental swastikas 'found' in ordinary places like forests, gardens, revolving doors and Tetris wells[2]. ### Where did OMG Secret Nazi come from? The format started with 'OMG, Secret Nazi Forest!!' posted to YTMND on September 20, 2005, which riffed on a real grove of larch trees planted in a swastika shape in Zernikow, Germany[1]. ### What does OMG Secret Nazi mean? It parodies breathless news-of-the-weird coverage of the Zernikow forest, applied to anything that can be cropped to resemble a swastika[2]. ### How do you use OMG Secret Nazi? Pick a photo of an everyday object, highlight a shape that reads as a swastika, pair it with a flashing Hitler icon and a German pop song, and title the piece 'OMG, secret Nazi ______'[1]. ### Is OMG Secret Nazi still popular? No. It lives as a YTMND-era relic; the original Nazi Forest page and its follow-ups no longer load, though video mirrors of the original are still watchable on YouTube[1]. ## References 1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMm7gqowAO4]() 2. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/omg-secret-nazi]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/omg-secret-nazi Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library