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To view an answer, click the [show] link to the right of the question. Q1: Why is the word swastika used for the Nazi symbol even though Adolf Hitler called it the Hakenkreuz?
A1: Because the English loan word for the symbol has been swastika since the 1870s–1880s when multiple English-speaking authors published analyses of the symbol written in English, establishing the English language name of the symbol as swastika. The German language word for the symbol is certainly Hakenkreuz (hooked cross), but here on English Wikipedia we call it the swastika because of longstanding practice starting about 50 years before Hitler wrote Mein Kampf. Q2: Isn't the Nazi swastika different than the ancient and revered symbol from Asia?
A2: No. For several decades preceding the rise of Nazism, the swastika was adopted by writers of the Völkisch movement who associated German nationalism and then antisemitism with the swastika. Using this as his foundation, the swastika symbol was appropriated for Nazism by Hitler who explicitly equated the Nazi symbol with the same symbol of ancient Asia. Hitler wrote about the Nazi symbol: "You will find this cross as a swastika as far as India and Japan, carved in the temple pillars. It is the swastika, which was once a sign of established communities of Aryan Culture." Q3: But doesn't the 45-degree rotation make it different?
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The common English language name for the symbol used by the Nazis is "swastika" Although in German the symbol is called Hakenkreuz ("hooked cross"), per the Wikipedia policy WP:COMMONNAME, we use the word that is the common name in English, which is "swastika". This is not a comment of the use of the symbol by Hindus, Native American and other cultures, it is merely the name by which English-speaking people know it.Please do not request that "swastika" be changed to "Hakenkreuz": any such request will be denied. |
This article was nominated for merging with Sauwastika on 16 November 2020. The result of the discussion (permanent link) was to merge. |
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