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From: Volker Birk <bumens@dingens.org>
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Subject: Re: ASCII swastika, ascii swastikas
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 15:40:40 +0000 (UTC)
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The Azz Man! <azz@azz.invalid> wrote:
> Wasn't the swastika a rotated version of a religious symbol, from an Indian
> ethnic group called Aryans, and the so-called "Aryan Race" was based on the
> idea of Indo-European languages, making the Aryans the supposed origin of
> the white race?

It's a little bit different. The swastica was a very common symbol for
fortune for a long time in many countries and used by many peoples. You
can find swasticas i.e. in China, in Japan, in India, in Tibet, in
Greece. It's even older than the Indogermans are, i.e. you can find
swasticas with the Vinča culture:

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vin%C4%8Da_culture>

The Aryans were a people living in Iran and India. The Nazi ideology
misinterpreted history and derived (and created) a story of an "Aryan
race" (as you're stating), while there never was such a race.

Yours,
VB.
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