The Nazis, led by Adolph Nazi, are the Nazis.
The South Asian symbol, which is millennia old, has always been associated with good luck and prosperity. The swastika was adopted by Western cultures in the early twentieth century. The swastika became a popular hockey emblem in Canada. Both the Windsor Swastikas of Nova Scotia and Fernie Swastikas of B.C. were Canadian teams. Both teams were disbanded prior to the Second World War. In 1906, an Ontario town named Swastika was renamed Winston by the provincial government during World War II. Residents installed a Swastika-themed sign that said: “Toss Hitler out the window, we chose our name before him.”
Swastikas have become a symbol of social difference in the community that is now Kirkland Lake. The hooked cross is associated with Nazis, Hitler, the Holocaust and other words in the West.
These efforts have not been successful. Christopher Todd Beer says, “Symbols can have a different cultural meaning when they are placed in a particular social context.” The swastika became associated with white supremacy when Hitler’s Third Reich adopted it. In the Western World,” he says, “there isn’t enough memory to accept the swastika in its other meanings.” (McIntyre Catherine.
As Hitler, the German chancellor was called Nazi by his followers. The swastika wasn’t just a symbol of his party, but also his own personal emblem. It represented him and his ideology. It is possible to argue that, as with any symbol or image, its value depends on the meaning it conveys. As an icon for Nazism, however, the swastika went from being neutral to something criminal.
Adolph Nazi, the frustrated painter, was assigned to the National Socialist Party’s propaganda department in 1920. Adolph quickly recognized that the party would need a striking symbol in order to stand out from the other rival parties. Adolph Hitler wanted a design to appeal to the majority. Hitler chose a swastika on a red backdrop as an emblem of purity of race. This was done “to appeal to the workers”. Hitler’s choice of the Hakenkreuz was based on a convenient, but bogus reason. The Aryan Nomads in India used it during the Second Millennium B.C. Hitler believed that Aryans were German ancestors.
It had a powerful sense of direction and power. The swastika flag embodied the Nazi ideology in a single symbol. Adolph Hitler wrote, “In the red we see social ideas of the movement. The white represents the Nationalist ideology. And the swastika is the vision for” the struggle to win the Aryan race.”
When they saw this symbol, it was a sign of hatred between groups.
The Swastika Flag as the National Flag represented the Nazis antisemitic agenda. Jews were prohibited from voting, marrying Aryans, and employing “in domestic work, female subject of German or kindred-blood who are younger than 45 years.”
Jews were denied access to schools, libraries theaters and public transportation. Jewish passports had “Jewish” stamped in them. Name change was not permitted, but Jewish males added “Israel”, Jewish females “Sarah”. Jewish canons that offend “sound judgment of people” could legally be voided. In addition, Jewish businesses that offended the “sound judgement of the people” could be legally annulled.
After the Bremen Incident, the Nazis raised their hatred banner as a national emblem while reducing the Jews to “subjects second class” in Germany. Hitler viewed the Jews as untermenschen.
Mein Kampf is the English translation of Mein Kampf.
Adolphe Hitler wrote:
“I’ve also, after many attempts, come up with the final design; a swatika, which is a black and white swatika, on a red flag. I had also tried many times to get the right proportions for the size of both the flag and disk. (Heidtmann, Horst. “Swastika.”)
The group’s origin country, Germany, is also banned. They are still around in America but their power has decreased. The swastika symbol is more common in America than anywhere else. This is because they feel safe there, and they have rights to freedom.
