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		urig on Dec 27, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Symbols Found in Ice Age Caves Across Europe (2015... The Nazi party adopted the hakenkreuz (swastika) in 1920. So yes, swastikas were associated with fascism long before WW2. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#Nazism

Mediterraneo10 on Dec 28, 2017 [–]

Thank you for understanding my point, which wasn't that the swastika was a longtime fascist symbol, but rather that the Nazi Party had accomplished its transformation into one by the late 1920s.

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