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The Nazis' principal symbol was the swastika, which the newly established Nazi Party formally adopted in 1920. [1] The formal symbol of the party was the Parteiadler, an eagle atop a swastika. The black-white-red motif is based on the colours of the flags of the German Empire.
The swastika is an ancient symbol that was in use in many different cultures for at least 5,000 years before Adolf Hitler made it the centerpiece of the Nazi flag. Its present-day use by certain extremist groups promotes hate. Key Facts. 1.
The appropriation of the swastika by the Nazi Party is the most recognisable modern use of the symbol in the Western world. The swastika ( 卐 or 卍) is an ancient religious and cultural symbol, predominantly found in various Eurasian cultures, as well as some African and American ones.
A key part of Nazi racist ideology was to define the enemy and identify those who posed a threat to the so-called “Aryan” race. Learn about some of the symbols, terms, and means the Nazis used to communicate their message.
Understanding Nazi Symbols. By focusing on the history and meaning of the swastika, the lesson provides a model for teachers to use when examining the origins of symbols, terms, and ideology from Nazi Germany and Holocaust-era fascist movements that students are seeing in contemporary American culture, promoting critical historical thinking and ...
In Nazi Germany the swastika (German: Hakenkreuz ), with its oblique arms turned clockwise, became the national symbol. In 1910 a poet and nationalist ideologist Guido von List had suggested the swastika as a symbol for all anti-Semitic organizations; and when the National Socialist Party was formed in 1919–20, it adopted it.
Hitler and his Nazi Party believed that a line of pure Germanic ancestry originating in the Aryan race —a grouping used to describe Indo-European, Germanic, and Nordic peoples—was superior and that other, less-superior races should be ousted from Europe.
