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The swastika became an offensive symbol because it was adopted by the Nazis as their symbol.
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More specifically, the things the Nazis did ruined the symbol. The swastika was used for hundreds - if not thousands of years by followers of Hinduism as a symbol of luck and good fortune. It was also said to attract peace and light.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoThe swastika was the sign or symbol used by the Nazis when they tried to take over all of Europe. To the Nazis this symbol represented their ideology which they wanted to impose on all of Europe, or all the lands they conquered. As the Nazis lost the WWII this sign became a hateful sign, and represented the evil that the Nazis wanted to impose over the world. The actions of the Nazis, the mass genocides and the Holocaust are associated with this symbol. This symbol also has a psychological affect to all the survivors. The differentiation between Allied army and the Nazis was this symbol and this came to represent evil. Also imagine yourself trying to squint at the tail or belly of a bomber plane or a tank or ships to find this symbol. And if you were in its line of fire, it would be pretty darn bad. So over the course of the war, this symbol imprinted death and that's why today in the civilized world people are offended by it.
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∙ 13y agoPlease correct me if I am wrong, but I have heard that there was a very ancient Hindu symbol similar to the swastika, that when it was rotated it would attract the forces of light and peace. Due to Hitler's interest in the occult, the original symbol was reversed so that it would attract dark forces, as opposed to benign.
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∙ 14y agoThe modern Klu Klu Klan adopted the Nazi symbols in order to identify with Hitler's philosophy & beliefs that the white race was superior to all others. They adopted the Nazi flag and insignia and mannerisms. This started around 1960's or so.
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∙ 9y agoBecause they wanted it to.
It's hard to explain exactly why, unless you accept "Because Hitler was a nutjob" as an explanation. There had been some use of the swastika by earlier German National movements, and Hitler specifically stated it represented "the mission of the struggle for the victory of the Aryan man".
It's also possible there was some connection between the swastika and the "double-sig" (angular SS) symbol used by, well, the SS (Shutzstaffel). A swastika sort of vaguely resembles two crossed sig runes, and the sig rune had become associated with the German word sieg (victory).
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∙ 11y agothere are many theories, but it is not known exactly why.
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What is the name of nazi sign?
That is easy the answers is swastika.
What was the emblem of the Nazi Party?
Swastika
Hitler gave the Nazi movement which symbol?
a swastika
What is the difference between the sickle and hammer and the swastika flags?
The sickle and hammer was the flag of the Soviet Union and the swastika the flag of Nazi Germany.
Did they have the swastika in World War 1?
No, the Swastika was the symbol of the Nazi party. The party was formed after the great war by disaffected men unhappy at the perceived injustice of the treaty of Versailles and what they saw as the weak Weimar republic. Yes, the Swastika was used in WW1 by various units. The Swastika was an ancient symbol and the American Indians used it as a good luck symbol. The US 45th Infantry Division wore a shoulder sleeve insignia that included a Swastika because of its association with Oklahoma Indians. (Later it became a Red Diamond with a Yellow Swastika which was changed to a Yellow Thunderbird at the outbreak of WW2---because of its association with the Nazi's.) The Swastika was painted on several WW1 aircraft. One of France's leading Ace had a large swastika painted on the sides and top of the fuselage behind the cockpit. The Lafeyette Escadrille, composed of Americans who volunteered to fly for the French, had the head of an Indian Chief painted on their aircraft and on the bonnet was a small swastika. The Finnish national insignia was a Blue Swastika but I'm not sure if it was used during WW1 or after. During WW2 the Finnish national insignia painted on their aircraft was a white circle with a Blue Swastika. It may have been used in WW1.
What is the purpose of Swaskita?
don't you mean the swastika? the swastika was the nazi symbol. don't you mean the swastika? the swastika was the nazi symbol.
What does a swastika symbolize?
A Swastika is the symbol for Nazi Germany.
What is the name of nazi sign?
That is easy the answers is swastika.
A sentence with the word swastika?
The swastika is a symbol with a complex history, originally used in many cultures as a symbol of good fortune before being adopted by the Nazi party in Germany during World War II.
Is a swastika a German general?
No, a swastika is a cross like symbol used most notably by Adolf Hitler during the Nazi era.
What was the symbol of the nazi?
The swastika
What was the nazi symble?
The swastika
What is the real name of the nazi symbol?
Swastika, It is actually an old symbol: present in some Indian Tribes, and Runes. It is put on Nazi flags and armbands that Nazi officers wore during world war 2.
Is the swastika a symbol of a god?
It used to mean peace before the Nazi's began to use it.
What is the emblem of the nazi flag?
swastika
What is the emblemon the nazi flag?
Its a swastika
What was the symbol of Nazi s?
A swastika
