The best one is a propaganda film (1930s) issued in Germany which
shows H. Himmler et al at an archaeological excavation in the
countryside and a young excavator turns over a prehistoric pot and
on the bottom is a swastika design - and probably legit and not
planted.

P.S. I do not think Berlin [or Tokyo] was ever on the other end
of that radio.




At 05:56 PM 7/10/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>The dangdest thing about swastikas is that they have been used in spiritual
>contexts for centuries, if not millenia. They even show up in old Masonic
>symbols. Something like a swastika shows up in old Mormon iconography, which
>some people say is strongly linked to Masonic rites because Joseph Smith was
>a Mason. Swastika-like design elements also show up on Native American Pueblo
>"Chiefs" blankets from the turn of the century. I think we are simply not
>talking cultural continuity here at all. Unless you see the Nazi eagle with
>talons clutching a swastika or find it on a decal or flag, there is no reason
>to assume anything.
>
>Ron May
>Legacy 106, Inc.
>
>
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