The True Meaning Of The Swastika Symbol

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“Swastika” comes from the word svastika in Sanskrit, which means good fortune or well-being. If we look deeper, the true meaning of the word is “permanent victory”. The swastika has a history for more than 5,000 years. It was widely used all over Europe during the twentieth century because it has a good meaning. But for the Hindus and Buddhists in many countries and mostly India, the swastika symbol was an important symbol for more than a thousand years. The swastika symbol was not really famous or well-known, until Hitler used it as the symbol for the Nazi party. People said that when Hitler used the swastika as the symbol of the Nazi, the meaning of it changed, from a good meaning into a bad meaning.
Why would Hitler use the swastika as the

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