Have you ever thought about how symbols got their meaning? Why do doves represent purity and love? Why does the color black represent death? Why do bald eagles represent freedom? No matter if the symbol has different colors of a flag or a national animal, there is a is a deeper meaning behind the symbols. And within this meaning, there are groups that use this symbol to represent themselves and their beliefs. Some symbol’s meanings changed over time.
For example, the swastika was used to represent positive purity in the past, but over the course of time, this symbol warped into a sign of fascism and hatred. So how did this symbol’s meaning shift and why was it so important?
Before we associated the swastika with the horrors of World War II, swastikas …show more content…
Hitler used the swastika to represent the Nazi party and completely
Ramirez 3 change to meaning of the swastika. Aside from all the organized warfare of WWII, the Nazi’s were responsible for putting Jews and other groups of people: such as the homosexuals, gypsies, in concentration camps; torturing these people through harsh working conditions with little amount of food, as well as organizing genocide to kill Jews and other minorities. Nazi German was responsible for killing six million Jews during their reign of terror. Ever since then, people associated the symbol of the swastika with the evil that was caused by the Nazis Party. The symbol that once stood for good fortune now represents racism, fascism, and hatred.
In the present day, the swastika is still used in India for its intended purpose; and it’s also used by the Neo-Nazis and other fascist groups in the western world. Neo-Nazis are a group of people that took the concepts of the original Nazi party and originated to the present. They still express their hated in the Jewish community for so call taking away American jobs and the gay community when it comes to same sex marriage and other gay rights. This group of
For example, the swastika was used to represent positive purity in the past, but over the course of time, this symbol warped into a sign of fascism and hatred. So how did this symbol’s meaning shift and why was it so important?
Before we associated the swastika with the horrors of World War II, swastikas …show more content…
Hitler used the swastika to represent the Nazi party and completely
Ramirez 3 change to meaning of the swastika. Aside from all the organized warfare of WWII, the Nazi’s were responsible for putting Jews and other groups of people: such as the homosexuals, gypsies, in concentration camps; torturing these people through harsh working conditions with little amount of food, as well as organizing genocide to kill Jews and other minorities. Nazi German was responsible for killing six million Jews during their reign of terror. Ever since then, people associated the symbol of the swastika with the evil that was caused by the Nazis Party. The symbol that once stood for good fortune now represents racism, fascism, and hatred.
In the present day, the swastika is still used in India for its intended purpose; and it’s also used by the Neo-Nazis and other fascist groups in the western world. Neo-Nazis are a group of people that took the concepts of the original Nazi party and originated to the present. They still express their hated in the Jewish community for so call taking away American jobs and the gay community when it comes to same sex marriage and other gay rights. This group of