For a very long time I thought that Germany's flag had a swastika on it ( I didn't realize it was exclusive to the Nazis). I imagined those citizens having very mixed feelings when raising it.
A childhood belief about nationalities

others believed things like this
- I believed that all Germans were Nazis because of one of my classmates.— Joseph
- I used to believe that a football ref's flag was a banana peel.Anon
- That germs came from Germany.— Alicia
- I used to believe New Zealand and Australia were part of the UK because they have a UK flag on their flags — H
- I used to believe Germany was in Asia somewhere near Russia.— It's in Europe!
- My friend was in Germany, and she thougth that "ausfart" was a city.— Tone