Unusual find - Page 2

wayne8661 · 11-09-2011, 10:10 PM

There is a building right behind city hall in Philadelphia I believe it is a jewelers shop that even to this day still sports an interlocked swastika motif on its store front.

W

dond · 11-11-2011, 10:18 AM

Found this while surfing the web. An interesting article:
Hindu Swastika Confused With Nazi Swastika By markulyseas on
April 18, 2011
http://my.telegraph.co.uk/markulysea...nazi-swastika/

According to the Nordicist version of the Aryan Invasion Theory, the Nazis claimed that the early Aryans of India, from whose Vedic tradition the Swastika sprang, were the archetypal white invaders. The concept of racial purity was an ideology central to Nazism. Thus the Nazis saw fit to co-opt the Swastika as a symbol of the Aryan Master race.

I recall an interesting article about American western saddles from around the turn of the century that displayed swastikas. Really don't think that would fly today!
Best regards, Don

MikeP · 11-12-2011, 07:58 PM

Another example

tudorbug · 11-13-2011, 11:12 AM

For MikeP, that is beautiful! What a great example!!

David

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11-09-2011, 10:10 PM	#1
wayne8661 User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Kennett Square Pennsylvania Posts: 611 Thanks: 15 Thanked 334 Times in 104 Posts	There is a building right behind city hall in Philadelphia I believe it is a jewelers shop that even to this day still sports an interlocked swastika motif on its store front. W

11-11-2011, 10:18 AM	#2
dond User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 34 Thanks: 10 Thanked 12 Times in 4 Posts	Found this while surfing the web. An interesting article: Hindu Swastika Confused With Nazi Swastika By markulyseas on April 18, 2011 http://my.telegraph.co.uk/markulysea...nazi-swastika/ According to the Nordicist version of the Aryan Invasion Theory, the Nazis claimed that the early Aryans of India, from whose Vedic tradition the Swastika sprang, were the archetypal white invaders. The concept of racial purity was an ideology central to Nazism. Thus the Nazis saw fit to co-opt the Swastika as a symbol of the Aryan Master race. I recall an interesting article about American western saddles from around the turn of the century that displayed swastikas. Really don't think that would fly today! Best regards, Don

11-13-2011, 11:12 AM	#4
tudorbug Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Georgia Posts: 387 Thanks: 0 Thanked 40 Times in 29 Posts	For MikeP, that is beautiful! What a great example!! David