Although the swastika was an ancient symbol, one of
the reasons that it was chosen and/or maintained by the National Socialist
German Workers' Party is because it resembles two "S" letters for "Socialism."
The images shown (on this page or at
http://rexcurry.net/swastikanews.html
) are photos or representations of actual banners and flags used by the
National Socialist German Workers' Party. Two of the flags show the name
"National Socialist German Workers' Party" or "National Socialist" incircling
or surrounding the swastika. Both swastikas have been turned or face the
right to accentuate the "S" shape (turned by the National Socialist German
Workers' Party). One of the banners includes an additional word that
begins with the letter "S," (Sturmabteilung). That group was specifically
referred to in the only written comment on the swastika by Hitler in the
book "Mein Kampf." Another banner shows how the National Socialist German
Workers' Party used other stylized "S" letters, similar to the stylizing
of the swastika. In one banner the swastika itself is overlayed with two
additional "S" letters in the common lightning-bolt style of the runes. Another
banner shows a single letter "S" in the lightning-bolt style of the runes,
sometimes used for youth organizations. There is a pennant with heavily stylized
"SA" letters, deliberately designed to evoke the overlapping letter "S"
shapes of the swastika.
Some critics make the absurd argument that during the 25 year existence
of the horrid Party no Nazi noticed the "S" shapes nor attached any meaning
(nor anyone in the SS Division). They also ignore the fact that the Party
leader was an artist. This page debunks the swastika myth with examples
of flags and banners shown below. See more graphic examples of the swastika
myth debunked with posters from 1933-1945 at
http://rexcurry.net/socialism-posters/posters2.html
and with pre-1933 National Socialist posters at
http://rexcurry.net/socialist-propaganda/posters1.html
see the swastika myth debunked with German medals at
http://rexcurry.net/socialism/germany.html
and
http://rexcurry.net/swastikacross.html
and with flags & banners at
http://rexcurry.net/swastikaflags.html