Swastika Significance

To many of people, the swastika represents the Nazis and the many other terrible events which occurred throughout the Hholocaust, but it had been used in other religions, cultures, and had various meanings before Hitler turned it into a symbol of death and sadness. The swastika had originated in religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism in India, though it was only very minimally used in Buddhism. It had been an important symbol in Hinduism, used for various reasons on festivals and religious rites. In Buddhism, the Swastika had represented eternity. It had also been mostly used in Asia through Jainism. The Swastika was used in Greece through Greek architecture, clothing, and coin design. Greco-Roman art and architecture included many connected Swastika-like images as well. In Russia, the swastika had represented the Christian Slavic faith. Not only had the swastika been used in those religions and countries, but it was used in Modern Europe and North America for various different reasons as well. The swastika was a widely used symbol across the world until Hitler and the Nazi’s had come along to destroy its true meaning. Though there are many laws and debates regarding whether the swastika should still be used today, all over the world it is still a commonly
Conclusively, Hitler felt that the Nazis needed a symbol that represented their struggle, yet he also felt that it should be a symbol that could fit well on a poster or a memorable symbol. In Hitler’s book, Mein Kampf, he said, “The red expressed the social thought underlying the movement. White, the national thought. And the swastika signified the mission allotted to us—the struggle for the victory of Aryan mankind and at the same time the triumph of the ideal of creative work which is in itself and always will be