1. The Victors' Village Sign & Auschwitz
The Victors' Village is an affluent neighbourhood found in each District and is used by those lucky few who actually managed to survive, and emerge victorious from the Hunger Games. Each village contains a luxurious house given to the victor as a reward for their 'sacrifice' in competing in the games, with District 12's used as a place of residence for Katniss, Peeta Mellark and Haymitch Abernathy. In one scene from Catching Fire, Katniss is seen approaching Victors' Village, with its entrance marked by an ominous, black iron sign attacked to grey, brick pillars. A row of buildings are seen lined ahead, with trees stripped of their leaves in the backdrop. Which is frighteningly similar to this chillingly iconic image...
That of course is the infamous Auschwitz concentration camp, complete with iron sign reading Arbeit macht frei - Work will set you free" - an oxymoron that seems to fit a little too neatly with the Hunger Games's storyline. There's even the aforementioned, stark trees in the background to complete the picture, which is either an unfortunate accident, or something more intentional... We'll let you decide which.
Did you notice any other Nazi symbolism in the Hunger Games films that we've left out? Let us know in the comment section, below.