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