SWASTIKA IN THE MILITARY:
A scout group and a student organization would use a certificate called tursaansydän originated from the Finnish village Tursa, which was actually a product authenticity certificate. Tursa means Octopus and tursaansydän means Heart of Octopus, which was akin to Swwastika.
The Finnish Air Force introduced Swastika as an emblem in 1918, and considered it as a symbol of luck. The President of Finland on formal occasions, wore a Grand Cross of the White Rose with a collar decorated with Nine Swastikas. Finnish Cross of Liberty also has a Swastika pattern in its arms. A women’s paramilitary organization Lotta Svärd also used the Swastika, but got banned in 1944. Latvia also adopted the Swastika for its Air Force in 1918/1919 …show more content…
Two days later, to oppose this, Britain and France declared war against Germany. World War II was, thus, initiated. Poland fell soon, but the Russians attacked. The Gestapo Head, thereafter, ordered for rounding up of the Jews and put into confinement, to be deported to further East. It is also said that the Germans killed over 65,000 Polish intelligentsia, noblemen, clergy, and teachers, by the end of 1939 to destroy the identity of Poland. But the final blow came in 1941 when Kiev became the site of one of the worst Nazi mass murders of the Holocaust. About 34,000 Jews were rounded up and killed in the ravines of Bai Yar, Ukraine. It is estimated that anything between 100,000 to 150,000 people were killed at Babi Yar during the German occupation. The horror of this spread all over the World. Swastika was largely associated with the Nazi Germany since the 1930s, and its use by the Nazis made the symbol most hated all over. Slowly, Swastika became a hate symbol and display of Swastika was prohibited in many places. The German and Austrian post war criminal code made display of Hakenkreuz or swastika illegal, unless for scholarly reasons. Swastika, from being a loved one symbol, suddenly became the most dreaded and hated symbol in the western
A scout group and a student organization would use a certificate called tursaansydän originated from the Finnish village Tursa, which was actually a product authenticity certificate. Tursa means Octopus and tursaansydän means Heart of Octopus, which was akin to Swwastika.
The Finnish Air Force introduced Swastika as an emblem in 1918, and considered it as a symbol of luck. The President of Finland on formal occasions, wore a Grand Cross of the White Rose with a collar decorated with Nine Swastikas. Finnish Cross of Liberty also has a Swastika pattern in its arms. A women’s paramilitary organization Lotta Svärd also used the Swastika, but got banned in 1944. Latvia also adopted the Swastika for its Air Force in 1918/1919 …show more content…
Two days later, to oppose this, Britain and France declared war against Germany. World War II was, thus, initiated. Poland fell soon, but the Russians attacked. The Gestapo Head, thereafter, ordered for rounding up of the Jews and put into confinement, to be deported to further East. It is also said that the Germans killed over 65,000 Polish intelligentsia, noblemen, clergy, and teachers, by the end of 1939 to destroy the identity of Poland. But the final blow came in 1941 when Kiev became the site of one of the worst Nazi mass murders of the Holocaust. About 34,000 Jews were rounded up and killed in the ravines of Bai Yar, Ukraine. It is estimated that anything between 100,000 to 150,000 people were killed at Babi Yar during the German occupation. The horror of this spread all over the World. Swastika was largely associated with the Nazi Germany since the 1930s, and its use by the Nazis made the symbol most hated all over. Slowly, Swastika became a hate symbol and display of Swastika was prohibited in many places. The German and Austrian post war criminal code made display of Hakenkreuz or swastika illegal, unless for scholarly reasons. Swastika, from being a loved one symbol, suddenly became the most dreaded and hated symbol in the western