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Although used for the first time as a symbol of international antisemitism by far-right Romanian politician A. C. Cuza prior to World War I, [20] [21] [22] it was a symbol of auspiciousness and good luck for most of the Western world until the 1930s, [2] when the German Nazi Party adopted the swastika as an emblem of the Aryan race.
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 .
Upside-down crown – republicanism, anti-monarchism; ♀ Venus symbol – feminism; Venus symbol and raised fist combined – radical feminism; V sign – voluntarism, peace, victory, veganism; ⚖ Weighing scale – law, justice; Wolf salute – Pan-Turkism; Wolfsangel – Azov movement, Ukrainian nationalism, Third Positionism, neo-Nazism ...
A 1974 Supreme Court decision upheld the right to display a flag upside down after a university student was accused of violating state law by hanging a flag upside down with peace symbols affixed ...
Flag of Nazi Germany (1935–1945) Use: National flag and ensign: Proportion: 3:5: Adopted: 15 September 1935: Relinquished: 23 May 1945: Design: A horizontal flag featuring a red background with a black swastika on a white disk: Designed by: Adolf Hitler: Flag of Nazi Germany (1933–1935) Use: National flag and ensign: Proportion: 3:5 ...
Nine days after The New York Times reported about the political symbolism of an upside-down American flag that flew at U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's home, the Washington Post ...
The inverted black triangle (German: schwarzes Dreieck) was an identification badge used in Nazi concentration camps to mark prisoners designated asozial ("a(nti-)social") [1] [2] and arbeitsscheu ("work-shy"). The Roma and Sinti people were considered asocial and tagged with the black triangle.
An upside down flag: A prop for protests or signal for help Many see the inversion of the flag as a sign of disrespect, but it has traditionally been used as a call for help by individuals and groups.