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  2. Nazi symbolism - Wikipedia

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    The Nazis' principal symbol was the swastika, which the newly established Nazi Party formally adopted in 1920. [1] The formal symbol of the party was the Parteiadler, an eagle atop a swastika. The black-white-red motif is based on the colours of the flags of the German Empire.

  3. Fascist symbolism - Wikipedia

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    Although the swastika was a popular symbol in art prior to the regimental use by Nazi Germany and has a long heritage in many other cultures throughout history - and although many of the symbols used by the Nazis were ancient or commonly used prior to the advent of Nazi Germany - because of association with Nazi use, the swastika is often ...

  4. Flag of Nazi Germany - Wikipedia

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    Moreover, although the Nazi flag on land had the swastika on both sides "right-facing," the Nazi flag at sea displayed the swastika on the reverse side as a "through and through" or mirror image, so the flag had a "right-facing" swastika on the front (or obverse) side and a "left-facing" swastika on the back (or reverse) side.

  5. Swastika - Wikipedia

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    The word swastika is derived from the Sanskrit root swasti, which is composed of su 'good, well' and asti 'is; it is; there is'. [30] The word swasti occurs frequently in the Vedas as well as in classical literature, meaning 'health, luck, success, prosperity', and it was commonly used as a greeting.

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    The swastika is the ancient East Asian symbol appropriated as the emblem of the Nazi Party in Germany in the 1920s that was turned into a symbol of hate and racism, referred to as the Hakenkreuz ...

  7. Bans on Nazi symbols - Wikipedia

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    Many Nazi flags make use of the swastika symbol; [4] however, the swastika is not always used in connection with the Nazi Party movement or of the German Third Reich or the combined German military of 1933–1945. Outside of Nazism, use of swastikas pre-dates the German Third Reich by some 3,000 years. [5] [6]

  8. OPINION: Misleading swastika mural deserves obscurity, not ...

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    This is why even those sympathetic to the Palestinian cause should cringe at this misrepresentation. Nazi Germany orchestrated the systematic genocide of 6 million Jews, driven by an ideology of ...

  9. Use of Nazi symbols in Taiwan - Wikipedia

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    A high school in Hsinchu accidentally installed a Nazi-appropriated swastika in their school pond instead of the intended Buddhist symbol. As a temporary fix, they placed plants over the swastika. [15] The religious community has been trying to reappropriate the swastika, which is supposed to be a peace symbol that has been corrupted by Hitler ...