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A Change in Meaning In the 1800s, countries around Germany were growing much larger, forming empires; yet Germany was not a unified nation until 1871. To counter the feeling of vulnerability and the stigma of youth, German nationalists in the mid-19th century began to use the swastika, because it had ancient Aryan/Indian origins, to represent a long Germanic/Aryan history. By the end of the 19th century, the swastika appeared in German nationalist "volkisch" (folk) periodicals and was the official emblem of the German Gymnasts' League. At the beginning of the 20th century, the swastika was a common symbol of German nationalism and could be found in a multitude of places such as the emblem for the Wandervogel, a German youth movement; on Joerg Lanz von Liebenfels' anti-Semitic periodical Ostara; on various Freikorps units; and as an emblem of the Thule Society. What Does the Swastika Mean Now? There is a great debate as to what the swastika means now. For 3,000 years, it represented life and good luck. But because of the Nazis, it has also taken on a meaning of death and hate. These conflicting meanings are causing problems in today's society. For Buddhists and Hindus, the swastika is a commonly used religious symbol. Italian summer camp forming group backwards swastika. De Agostini / Foto Studio Leoni / Getty Images But since the Nazis' use of the swastika, some people are trying to differentiate the two meanings of the swastika by varying its direction—making the clockwis...

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