It symbolized the hate that arose towards the Jews and the inevitable fate they had to face.įor this reason, in Europe, as well as across may nations, the swastika became a symbol of evil – of death and suffering for millions of people. Hitler wrote in Mein Kampf, “In red we see the social idea of the movement, in white the Nationalist idea, and in the swastika the vision of the struggle for the victory of the Aryan man”. As the flag was flown it seemed to beckon the population to act against the Jews. Hitler theorized that the Aryans used the swastika to portray their anti-Semitism and although the symbol has a pure origin, the first day that the flag was flown it did exactly what Hitler had intended – “hypnotized” the anti-Semites. Hitler chose this hooked cross symbol for its use by the Aryan nomads of India in the Second Millennium B.C. When Hitler took over Germany the meaning of the Swastika changed significantly. It still retains its place of pre-eminence among the sub-continent’s spiritual symbols. In India especially, many times the houses and temples will have the swastika on the top of the building as a religious symbol and one of good health and well-being. It is an ancient symbol that is present in numerous and diverse cultures all around the world, especially in many cultures in India, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, etc. To this very day the swastika is a sacred, treasured symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Odinism as well as a Navajo sign. The symbol itself was first used in Neolithic Eurasia to represent the movement of the sun through the sky and is associated with the worship of Aryan sun gods. The word swastika had traditionally been a sign of good fortune and well-being. The symbol was used at least 5,000 years before Adolf Hitler had designed the Nazi flag with its use. However, what many people do not realize is the swastika has an extremely extensive history that goes way beyond Hitler’s use of the ancient symbol. The flag that was carried by the Nazi soldiers, marching down the streets of Germany seeking out their next Jewish victims. The flag that flew behind Hitler as he rallied the people to develop and then portray a deep, unwavering hatred for the Jewish people.
I can only infer that most likely an image of the Nazi flag popped into your mind – the flag blowing in the wind above the internment camps that imprisoned, abused, and murdered more than three million innocent Jews. What are your initial thoughts? What are you thinking? Many of you are probably absolutely shocked that I posted one on my blog.
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