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hakenkreuz

[hah-kuhn-kroits] / ˈhɑ kənˌkrɔɪts /
NOUN
swastika
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Jeff Kelman, a New Hampshire-based Holocaust historian, believes the hakenkreuz and swastika were distinct.

From Washington Post Dec. 2, 2022

In his 2018 book titled “The Buddhist Swastika and Hitler’s Cross: Rescuing a Symbol of Peace from the Forces of Hate,” Nakagaki posits that Hitler referred to it as the hakenkreuz.

From Washington Post Dec. 2, 2022

But in the West, this symbol is often equated to Adolf Hitler’s hakenkreuz or the hooked cross – a symbol of hate that evokes the trauma of the Holocaust and the horrors of Nazi Germany.

From Seattle Times Nov. 27, 2022

Like Nakagaki, Jeff Kelman, a New Hampshire-based Holocaust historian, believes the hakenkreuz and swastika were distinct.

From Seattle Times Nov. 27, 2022

But the hakenkreuz remains a highly charged symbol.

From BBC Oct. 22, 2014




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