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The Nazi adoption of the swastika owed much to Adolf Hitler himself. According to the account he gave in Mein Kampf, Hitler personally designed the Nazi flag in 1920, with its “strikingly harmonious” combination of red, black, and white, which recalled the German Imperial colors, and with the swastika at its center, rotated 45 degrees from ...
The reasons behind Adolf Hitler’s choice of the swastika as the symbol of the Nazi regime were multi-faceted. While the swastika had a long history as a symbol of good fortune in various cultures, its adoption by Hitler and the Nazis marked a transformation in its meaning and perception.
As the swastika became more and more intertwined with German nationalism, Adolf Hitler’s influence grew—and he adopted the hooked cross as the Nazi party symbol in 1920.
The swastika is an ancient symbol that was in use in many different cultures for at least 5,000 years before Adolf Hitler made it the centerpiece of the Nazi flag. Its present-day use by certain extremist groups promotes hate.
As the swastika became more and more intertwined with German nationalism, Adolf Hitler’s influence grew—and he adopted the hooked cross as the Nazi party symbol in 1920.
In 1920 Adolf Hitler adopted the swastika as a German national symbol and as the central element in the party flag of the National Socialist Party, or Nazi Party, which rose to power in Germany the following decade.
When Adolf Hitler was looking for a symbol for his newly launched party, he used the hakenkreuz, rotating the swastika to the right and omitting the four dots – he then adopted this as the...
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.
But the symbol wasn't called a swastika until later — the first version of Hitler's book "Mein Kampf," published in 1925, called it a hakenkreuz, Heller said.
The society sponsored the fledgling Nazi party, and in a bid for greater public profile, the party created a banner that incorporated the swastika as we know it today. Hitler was convinced that a...