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This 3 page paper discusses the history of the swastika, its connotation as a religious symbol of hope and love, and its perversion by the Nazis into a symbol of horror and death. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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is now associated almost entirely with Nazi Germany. That is, it now stands for one of the darkest periods in human history. And yet for centuries before that, it
was a symbol of good luck and prosperity for many peoples. This paper considers the history of the swastika and how different cultures used it in different ways; it also
considers how people can react to this particular symbol. Discussion Because the history of Nazi Germany is relatively recent, and because their crimes are so horrific, it is Hitlers use
of the symbol that comes to mind immediately. It is so strong that its difficult to consider the swastika separately from the National Socialist Party. Their agenda of racial murder
and the chaos they unleashed on the world is still within living memory. With that background, its likely that anyone visiting a temple decorate with swastikas would have an immediate
negative reaction, possibly demanding to know how someone could "desecrate" a religious site with symbols of a regime that adopted atheism as its official religious position. However, the Nazis were
not the first to use the swastika, which is actually centuries old. It has been used in "almost all human civilizations as a sign for good luck, protection, [and] as
a materialization of life and the changing seasons of the year" (Swastika-the symbol of the Buddha, 2003). The word swastika actually comes from the ancient Sanskrit, an Indian language; in
that language its form was "svastikah, which means being happy" (Swastika-the symbol of the Buddha, 2003). In India therefore the swastika relates to good fortune; it also relates to movement,
because of the placement of the arms (Swastika-the symbol of the Buddha). This is vital because the "cause of all life and all manifestations of life is movement," both on
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