why did hitler have a symbol called swastika?

Answer 1

swastika is from sanskrit ''svastika''.its composition of two words ''su'' means good and ''asti'' means fortune,meaning good fortune or well being.so hitler used it as a sign of well being for the people of germans.

Answer 2

swastika is from sanskrit ''svastika''meaning good fortune or well being. Hitler used it as a sign of well being for the people of germans.

Hitler advocates that his countrymen are of Aryan descendant and for his people to enjoy "good fortune", the world must be cleansed of thier greatest threat, ie the people of Jew. The swastika sign is a form of subliminial anchor to "hynoptize" his people and army in a "frenzy" supporting state for his cause of war.

Sometime ago, I read in an unconfirmed source of documentary that states Aryan - Jew - Muslim is a cycle of counter-balance, and the world conflicts esp in the middle-east is due to the event of imbalance in the cycle. It is said the Aryans balanced the Jews' superiority, the Jews limits the Muslims', and the Muslims counter the Aryans'.

Not sure how true it is, though. . .

Answer 3

The swastika is an ancient symbol, and sacred in many cultures. It was used in Europe before the Nazis (by the British boy scouts amongst others). Others saw it as a good luck symbol. It was used in Germany in the Early 20th century by radical, nationalistic groups who saw it as symbolising the dominance and purity of the 'Aryan' race, seen by some as the ancestor of the German peoples. These groups included the Thule Society and the Erhardt Brigade of the Freicorps, long before the Nazi Party was established, althought these groups included many people ho later joined the nazis. Hitl;er says in Mein Kampf that he personally authorized the use of the swastika as the party emblem as is symbolized 'the victory of Aryan mankind' The final design was made by one Felix Krone, a Munich dentist, and adopted as the German national flag in 1935.

Answer 4

The Nazi Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP) formally adopted the swastika or Hakenkreuz (hooked cross) in 1920. This was used on the party's flag (right), badge, and armband. It had also been used unofficially by the NSDAP and its predecessor, the German Workers Party, Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (DAP).

In Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler wrote:

"I myself, meanwhile, after innumerable attempts, had laid down a final form; a flag with a red background, a white disk, and a black swastika in the middle. After long trials I also found a definite proportion between the size of the flag and the size of the white disk, as well as the shape and thickness of the swastika."
(Red, white, and black were the colors of the flag of the old German Empire.)

The use of the swastika was associated by Nazi theorists with their conjecture of Aryan cultural descent of the German people. Following 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 prototypical white invaders. It was also widely believed that the Indian caste system had originated as a means to avoid racial mixing.[citation needed] The concept of Racial purity was an ideology central to Nazism though it is now considered unscientific. For Rosenberg, the Aryans of India were both a model to be imitated and a warning of the dangers of the spiritual and racial "confusion" that, he believed, arose from the close proximity of races.

Thus, they saw fit to co-opt the sign as a symbol of the Aryan master race. The use of the swastika as a symbol of the Aryan race dates back to writings of Emile Burnouf. Following many other writers, the German nationalist poet Guido von List believed it to be a uniquely Aryan symbol. When Hitler created a flag for the Nazi party, he sought to incorporate both the swastika and "those revered colors expressive of our homage to the glorious past and which once brought so much honor to the German nation" (red, white and black). He also stated that "the red expressed the social thought underlying the movement. White the national thought. And the swastika signified the mission allotted to us – the struggle for the victory of Aryan mankind and at the same time the triumph of the ideal of creative work which is in itself and always will be anti-Semitic." (Mein Kampf).[56]

In fact, the swastika was already in use as a symbol of German völkisch nationalists movements (Völkische Bewegung). In Deutschland Erwache (ISBN 0-912138-69-6), Ulric of England (sic) says —


Thule Society Swastika… what inspired Hitler to use the swastika as a symbol for the NSDAP was its use by the Thule Society (Ger. Thule-Gesellschaft) since there were many connections between them and the DAP … from 1919 until the summer of 1921 Hitler used the special Nationalsozialistische library of Dr. Friedrich Krohn, a very active member of the Thule-Gesellschaft, … Dr. Krohn was also the dentist from Sternberg who was named by Hitler in Mein Kampf as the designer of a flag very similar to one that Hitler designed in 1920 … during the summer of 1920, the first party flag was shown at Lake Tegernsee … these home-made … early flags were not preserved, the Ortsgruppe München flag was generally regarded as the first flag of the Party.
José Manuel Erbez says —

The first time the swastika was used with an "Aryan" meaning was on December 25, 1907, when the self-named Order of the New Templars, a secret society founded by [Adolf Joseph] Lanz von Liebenfels, hoisted at Werfenstein Castle (Austria) a yellow flag with a swastika and four fleurs-de-lys.[57]
However, Liebenfels was drawing on an already established use of the symbol.

On 14 March 1933, shortly after Hitler's appointment as Chancellor of Germany, the NSDAP flag was hoisted alongside Germany's national colors. It was adopted as the sole national flag on 15 September 1935.

The swastika was used for badges and flags throughout Nazi Germany, particularly for government and military organizations, but also for "popular" organizations such as the Reichsbund Deutsche Jägerschaft.[58

Answer 5

the swastica is known as a symbol of power, hitler used it to convey the power of his political power, and also showed that he wanted to repare germanys powers and political strength.

Answer 6

I don't know