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Savitri was a proponent of a synthesis of Hinduism and Nazism, proclaiming Adolf Hitler to have been an avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu. [5] She depicted Hitler as a sacrifice for humanity that would lead to the end of the worst World Age, the Kali Yuga, which she believed was induced by the Jews, whom she saw as the powers of evil. [3]
After working at the Hindu Mission in Calcutta for eighteen months, and having been influenced by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar's concept of Hindutva, Devi concluded that “. . . nothing is more necessary, to-day, than to revive, to exalt, to cultivate intelligent Hinduism through the length and breadth of India.” [1] A Warning to the Hindus is Devi’s attempt to alert Hindus to the threat of ...
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 .
Over the past decade, as the Asian diaspora has grown in North America, the call to reclaim the swastika as a sacred symbol has become louder. Asian faiths try to save swastika symbol corrupted by ...
Before the Nazis, the swastika was already in use as a symbol of German völkisch nationalist movements (Völkische Bewegung). In post-World War I Germany, the newly established Nazi Party formally adopted the swastika in 1920. [23] [182] The Nazi Party emblem was a black swastika rotated 45 degrees on a white circle on a red background. This ...
Although the swastika was a popular symbol in art prior to the regimental use by Nazi Germany and has a long heritage in many other cultures throughout history - and although many of the symbols used by the Nazis were ancient or commonly used prior to the advent of Nazi Germany - because of association with Nazi use, the swastika is often ...
Police department uses social media to address residents concerned about seeing the Nazi-appropriated symbol in town as Hindu celebration gets underway. A Facebook post on the meaning of a ...
This led to an opposition campaign by Hindu groups across Europe against a ban on the swastika. They pointed out that the swastika has been around for 5,000 years as a symbol of peace. [111] [112] The proposal to ban the swastika was dropped by the German government from the proposed European Union wide anti-racism laws on January 29, 2007. [113]