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  2. Western use of the swastika in the early 20th century

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    The Elephant Gate entrance at Carlsberg Brewery in Copenhagen, Denmark decorated with the company's early swastika logo.. The Danish brewery company Carlsberg Group used the swastika as a logo [11] from the 19th century until the middle of the 1930s, when it was discontinued because of association with the Nazi Party in neighbouring Germany.

  3. 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.

  4. Nazi symbolism - Wikipedia

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    Nazism. The swastika was the first symbol of Nazism and remains strongly associated with it in the Western world. The 20th-century German Nazi Party made extensive use of graphic symbols, especially the swastika, notably in the form of the swastika flag, which became the co-national flag of Nazi Germany in 1933, and the sole national flag in 1935.

  5. Antisemitism, swastika grafitti created 'hostile' climate in ...

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    Jewish students at a Carmel Unified School District campus were subjected to pervasive, antisemitic harassment over a three-year period, exposed to repeated swastika graffiti in bathrooms and on ...

  6. Children's propaganda in Nazi Germany - Wikipedia

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    From this point onward, schools heavily used propaganda to indoctrinate children into Nazi ideology. [4] Textbooks and posters were used to teach German youth "the importance of racial consciousness". [5] Students' school work was often provided in an ideological context. The following math problem is an example: "The Jews are aliens in Germany.

  7. Bans on Nazi symbols - Wikipedia

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    Bans on Nazi symbols. Symbols that are most commonly associated with Nazism: the swastika, the doppelte Siegrune, and the SS Totenkopf. The use of symbols of the Nazi Party and Nazi Germany (1933–1945) is currently subject to legal restrictions in a number of countries, such as Austria, Belarus, Brazil, the Czech Republic, France, [1] Germany ...

  8. Fascist symbolism - Wikipedia

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    Politics portal. v. t. e. Fascist symbolism is the use of certain images and symbols which are designed to represent aspects of fascism. These include national symbols of historical importance, goals, and political policies. [1] The best-known are the fasces, which was the original symbol of fascism, and the swastika of Nazism.

  9. Adolf Hitler Schools - Wikipedia

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    2,027. Adolf Hitler Schools (AHS) were 12 day schools run by the Schutzstaffel in Nazi Germany from 1937 to 1945. Their aim was to indoctrinate young people into the ideologies of the Nazi Party. They were for young people aged 14 to 18 years old and were single sex, with three schools for girls and the rest for boys. [1]