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<p>[QUOTE="Hookman, post: 4071274, member: 99642"]Info about the source of the Swastika's use in Germany. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/man-who-brought-swastika-germany-and-how-nazis-stole-it-180962812/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/man-who-brought-swastika-germany-and-how-nazis-stole-it-180962812/" rel="nofollow">man-who-brought-swastika-germany-and-how-nazis-stole-it-180962812</a></p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/man-who-brought-swastika-germany-and-how-nazis-stole-it-180962812/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/man-who-brought-swastika-germany-and-how-nazis-stole-it-180962812/" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p><a href="https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/history-of-the-swastika" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/history-of-the-swastika" rel="nofollow">history-of-the-swastika</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This is the only way I could get this one :</p><ul> <li><a href="https://www.britannica.com/stories/wtfact" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britannica.com/stories/wtfact" rel="nofollow">#WTFACT</a></li> <li>HISTORY</li> </ul><p><font size="6"><b>How the Symbolism of the Swastika Was Ruined</b></font></p><p>WRITTEN BY: <a href="https://www.britannica.com/editor/Jonathan-Hogeback/9781535" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britannica.com/editor/Jonathan-Hogeback/9781535" rel="nofollow">Jonathan Hogeback</a> </p><p>SHARE:</p><p><a href="https://cdn.britannica.com/19/191219-131-697C52A6/background-view-lamps-design-festival-Swastika-Diwali.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cdn.britannica.com/19/191219-131-697C52A6/background-view-lamps-design-festival-Swastika-Diwali.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://cdn.britannica.com/s:800x1000/19/191219-131-697C52A6/background-view-lamps-design-festival-Swastika-Diwali.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>© Nikhil Gangavane/Dreamstime.com</p><p>The earliest known use of the <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/swastika" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/swastika" rel="nofollow">swastika</a> symbol—an equilateral cross with arms bent to the right at 90° angles—was discovered carved on a 15,000-year-old ivory figurine of a bird made from mammoth tusk. The ancient engraving is hypothesized to have been used for fertility and health purposes, the pattern similar to one that is found naturally occurring on the mammoth—an animal that has been regarded as a symbol of fertility. </p><p><br /></p><p>From its earliest conception, the symbol is believed to have been positive and encouraging of life. The modern name for the icon, derived from the Sanskrit <i>svastika</i>, means “conducive to well-being.” It has been used by cultures around the world for myriad different purposes throughout history: as a symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism; as a stylized cross in Christianity; in ancient Asiatic culture as a pattern in art; in Greek currency; in Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque architecture; and on Iron Age artifacts. While the symbol has a long history of having a positive connotation, it was forever corrupted by its use in one cultural context: Nazi Germany.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In 1920 <a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Adolf-Hitler" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Adolf-Hitler" rel="nofollow">Adolf Hitler</a> adopted the swastika as a German national symbol and as the central element in the party flag of the National Socialist Party, or <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Nazi-Party" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Nazi-Party" rel="nofollow">Nazi Party</a>, which rose to power in Germany the following decade. By 1945, the symbol had become associated with World War II, military brutality, fascism, and <a href="https://www.britannica.com/event/Holocaust" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britannica.com/event/Holocaust" rel="nofollow">genocide</a>—spurred by Nazi Germany’s attempted totalitarian conquest of Europe. The icon was chosen by the party to represent its goal of racial purification in Europe. Hitler and his Nazi Party believed that a line of pure Germanic ancestry originating in the <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Aryan" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Aryan" rel="nofollow">Aryan race</a>—a grouping used to describe Indo-European, Germanic, and Nordic peoples—was superior and that other, less-superior races should be ousted from Europe. Ancient Indian artifacts once owned by Aryan nomads were found to frequently feature the swastika, and the symbol was co-opted from its ambiguous historical context in the region to exert the dominance of so-called Aryan heritage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since World War II, the swastika has become stigmatized as a symbol of hatred and racial bias. It is used frequently by white-supremacy groups and modern iterations of the Nazi Party. Along with other symbolism employed by the party, the use of the icon has been outlawed in Germany.</p><p><br /></p><p>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>></p><p><br /></p><p>In this next link, please scroll down to the entry covering North America and note the short entry about an American Indian named Moses Neptune, and also the references to the 45th Infantry and it's symbols.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika" rel="nofollow">Swastika</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Next, a short one : </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.historyextra.com/period/second-world-war/how-why-sanskrit-symbol-become-nazi-swastika-svastika/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.historyextra.com/period/second-world-war/how-why-sanskrit-symbol-become-nazi-swastika-svastika/" rel="nofollow">how-why-sanskrit-symbol-become-nazi-swastika-svastika</a></p><p><a href="https://www.historyextra.com/period/second-world-war/how-why-sanskrit-symbol-become-nazi-swastika-svastika/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.historyextra.com/period/second-world-war/how-why-sanskrit-symbol-become-nazi-swastika-svastika/" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p><a href="https://www.historyextra.com/period/second-world-war/how-why-sanskrit-symbol-become-nazi-swastika-svastika/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.historyextra.com/period/second-world-war/how-why-sanskrit-symbol-become-nazi-swastika-svastika/" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>Another short one :</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://theconversation.com/how-nazis-twisted-the-swastika-into-a-symbol-of-hate-83020" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theconversation.com/how-nazis-twisted-the-swastika-into-a-symbol-of-hate-83020" rel="nofollow">how-nazis-twisted-the-swastika-into-a-symbol-of-hate-83020</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> Another short one :</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/the-swastikas-origins/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/the-swastikas-origins/" rel="nofollow">the-swastikas-origins</a> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If you google " How, when, and why did the Swastika become the Nazi symbol" you will find a total of 190 entries on the subject. The posts above are the first 7 of those entries. There is an enormous wealth of information contained in those links. To anyone interested, please avail yourself of it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Hookman, post: 4071274, member: 99642"]Info about the source of the Swastika's use in Germany. [URL='https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/man-who-brought-swastika-germany-and-how-nazis-stole-it-180962812/']man-who-brought-swastika-germany-and-how-nazis-stole-it-180962812 [/URL] [URL='https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/history-of-the-swastika']history-of-the-swastika[/URL] This is the only way I could get this one : [LIST] [*][URL='https://www.britannica.com/stories/wtfact']#WTFACT[/URL] [*]HISTORY [/LIST] [SIZE=6][B]How the Symbolism of the Swastika Was Ruined[/B][/SIZE] WRITTEN BY: [URL='https://www.britannica.com/editor/Jonathan-Hogeback/9781535']Jonathan Hogeback[/URL] SHARE: [URL='https://cdn.britannica.com/19/191219-131-697C52A6/background-view-lamps-design-festival-Swastika-Diwali.jpg'][IMG]https://cdn.britannica.com/s:800x1000/19/191219-131-697C52A6/background-view-lamps-design-festival-Swastika-Diwali.jpg[/IMG][/URL] © Nikhil Gangavane/Dreamstime.com The earliest known use of the [URL='https://www.britannica.com/topic/swastika']swastika[/URL] symbol—an equilateral cross with arms bent to the right at 90° angles—was discovered carved on a 15,000-year-old ivory figurine of a bird made from mammoth tusk. The ancient engraving is hypothesized to have been used for fertility and health purposes, the pattern similar to one that is found naturally occurring on the mammoth—an animal that has been regarded as a symbol of fertility. From its earliest conception, the symbol is believed to have been positive and encouraging of life. The modern name for the icon, derived from the Sanskrit [I]svastika[/I], means “conducive to well-being.” It has been used by cultures around the world for myriad different purposes throughout history: as a symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism; as a stylized cross in Christianity; in ancient Asiatic culture as a pattern in art; in Greek currency; in Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque architecture; and on Iron Age artifacts. While the symbol has a long history of having a positive connotation, it was forever corrupted by its use in one cultural context: Nazi Germany. In 1920 [URL='https://www.britannica.com/biography/Adolf-Hitler']Adolf Hitler[/URL] adopted the swastika as a German national symbol and as the central element in the party flag of the National Socialist Party, or [URL='https://www.britannica.com/topic/Nazi-Party']Nazi Party[/URL], which rose to power in Germany the following decade. By 1945, the symbol had become associated with World War II, military brutality, fascism, and [URL='https://www.britannica.com/event/Holocaust']genocide[/URL]—spurred by Nazi Germany’s attempted totalitarian conquest of Europe. The icon was chosen by the party to represent its goal of racial purification in Europe. Hitler and his Nazi Party believed that a line of pure Germanic ancestry originating in the [URL='https://www.britannica.com/topic/Aryan']Aryan race[/URL]—a grouping used to describe Indo-European, Germanic, and Nordic peoples—was superior and that other, less-superior races should be ousted from Europe. Ancient Indian artifacts once owned by Aryan nomads were found to frequently feature the swastika, and the symbol was co-opted from its ambiguous historical context in the region to exert the dominance of so-called Aryan heritage. Since World War II, the swastika has become stigmatized as a symbol of hatred and racial bias. It is used frequently by white-supremacy groups and modern iterations of the Nazi Party. Along with other symbolism employed by the party, the use of the icon has been outlawed in Germany. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In this next link, please scroll down to the entry covering North America and note the short entry about an American Indian named Moses Neptune, and also the references to the 45th Infantry and it's symbols. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika'] Swastika[/URL] Next, a short one : [URL='https://www.historyextra.com/period/second-world-war/how-why-sanskrit-symbol-become-nazi-swastika-svastika/']how-why-sanskrit-symbol-become-nazi-swastika-svastika [/URL] Another short one : [URL='http://theconversation.com/how-nazis-twisted-the-swastika-into-a-symbol-of-hate-83020']how-nazis-twisted-the-swastika-into-a-symbol-of-hate-83020[/URL] Another short one : [URL='https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/the-swastikas-origins/']the-swastikas-origins[/URL] If you google " How, when, and why did the Swastika become the Nazi symbol" you will find a total of 190 entries on the subject. The posts above are the first 7 of those entries. There is an enormous wealth of information contained in those links. To anyone interested, please avail yourself of it.[/QUOTE]
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