Large collection of Nazi artifacts discovered in Argentina (2017)
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#2These are historical artifacts now, right? Is it illegal in Argentina to own things like that? I can see the reasoning if so, just curious.
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#3Is there anything sadder or creepier than an hourglass with a swastika on it? What a horrible time for humanity.
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#4It's weird to read "The haul provides more evidence of the presence of high-ranking Nazis in South America." I thought this was well-known?
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#5These are historical artifacts now, right? Is it illegal in Argentina to own things like that? I can see the reasoning if so, just curious.
It is indeed!
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#6Is there anything sadder or creepier than an hourglass with a swastika on it? What a horrible time for humanity.
Yes. The sadder thing is people not knowing swastika's history and that it is auspicious for almost 2 billion people including me a, a Buddhist.
The sadder thing is people falling over each other to acknowledge it as a hate symbol rather than trying to reclaim it.
How about those of is who actually want to end hate end our comments with this 卐?
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#7is it weird to find them fascinating? I am a millenial and WW2 and its horror is something that I have learnt, but to meet survivors (of holocaust) and surviving items is very exciting.
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#8Is there anything sadder or creepier than an hourglass with a swastika on it? What a horrible time for humanity.
Yes. The sadder thing is people not knowing swastika's history and that it is auspicious for almost 2 billion people including me a, a Buddhist. The sadder thing is people falling over each other to acknowledge it as a hate symbol rather than trying to reclaim it. How about those of is who actually want to end hate end our comments with this 卐?
A few million people died under that misappropriated symbol though. It sucks you can't use it for its intended message anymore, but most peoples' sympathies lie elsewhere.
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#9Is there anything sadder or creepier than an hourglass with a swastika on it? What a horrible time for humanity.
Yes. The sadder thing is people not knowing swastika's history and that it is auspicious for almost 2 billion people including me a, a Buddhist. The sadder thing is people falling over each other to acknowledge it as a hate symbol rather than trying to reclaim it. How about those of is who actually want to end hate end our comments with this 卐?
Sorry, but to the western world it is a symbol of genocide and a dark time in history, it will never be reclaimed. No one cares about the previous history of the symbol, it is forever tarnished.
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#10Is there anything sadder or creepier than an hourglass with a swastika on it? What a horrible time for humanity.
Yes. The sadder thing is people not knowing swastika's history and that it is auspicious for almost 2 billion people including me a, a Buddhist. The sadder thing is people falling over each other to acknowledge it as a hate symbol rather than trying to reclaim it. How about those of is who actually want to end hate end our comments with this 卐?
You’re getting downvotes but I think it’s unwarranted. The swastika has a deep and significant history; it would be worthwhile for everyone interested in WW2 history to understand this misappropriated symbol.
I don’t know that it makes a difference to say it but I had family members killed by the Nazis so I’m not detached from the history. That said, I think most people from a Western country could say the same thing.