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Originally Posted by Sean_Dillon
Lol, That's not the Nazi icon . . . actually Hitler stole it from the Aryan Race from India . . . if you'll notice the German one is pointing in the opp direction, used to confuse the heck out out me as well 
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you will also see the symbol on a lot of buddas too.
The Oldest Known Symbol
The swastika is an ancient symbol that has been used for over 3,000 years. (That even predates the ancient Egyptian symbol, the Ankh!) Artifacts such as pottery and coins from ancient Troy show that the swastika was a commonly used symbol as far back as 1000 BCE.
During the following thousand years, the image of the swastika was used by many cultures around the world, including in China, Japan, India, and southern Europe. By the Middle Ages, the swastika was a well known, if not commonly used, symbol but was called by many different names: