We get it: They are Nazis (although they would not have ever called themselves that).
But even they would not have covered every square inch, every light fixture, every floor, every wall, every everything with swastikas. It's almost comical.
I noticed that too. I think they were playing on the obsession of Nazis. You have to think they won the war so they would be even more so proud and include their symbol everywhere. I believe it was intentional.
shareIt might make sense though, this being the American Reich, because many of the Americans still living may feel a need to overcompensate and prove how Nazi they are, as they were on the losing side and then joined the victors. You kind of saw that amongst Mrs. Smith's friends, they all seemed to be in the awkward social position of trying to project to each other and the world what loyal Nazi's they were (even if internally they were having some issues with their new culture, such as the woman Julianna finds out is having trouble getting pregnant) outwardly they all seem to be overcompensating, and in that kind of climate I can easily see why they'd put swastikas on everything.
Look at times in the United States when we had moments of ultra-nationalism with american's renaming foods like sauerkraut as Liberty cabbage during WW1, and French Fries to Freedom Fries from 2003 to 2006 in the congressional cafeteria. Or, how ubiquitous the American flag is in modern day America, (not quite on the level of the swastikas in the show, but there are many communities where symbols of US nationalism are everywhere)
In the church when I saw that scene I thought the swastikas were a bit much, but then I remembered what that "church" would look like if it were an actual church, and there would likely be that many crosses or various Christian symbols and iconography all over, so in a society where they are secular and worship the state, the swastikas everywhere makes sense, this is more than just a country, or an Empire, it's an ideology.
Artaxias-excellent, thank you.
The only Nazi in the real Nuremberg Trials who seemed to take responsibility and want to help people understand how things went down was Albert Speer, an architect. Hitler chose Speer to design grand buildings and stadiums that left no doubt who was in charge.
Hitler's drug-fueled-paranoid brain decided the Third Reich was to rule the WORLD for "a thousand years." I'm guessing that everything said above would make perfect sense and the more of the world he ruled, the more pompously delusional he became. Having the swastikas all over ... overboard when going from A right to Z, but highly probable.
(And she rambles again.)