https://cohna.org/hakenkreuz-not-swastika/
"It was around March 19, 1933, that the New York Times began to change how it reported about the symbol, claiming that the “Hooked Cross†was a foreign symbol from India called “Swastika.†It was the first time a major newspaper used this term to describe Hitler’s hate symbol – starting a changed terminology that has been amplified ever since."
https://www.nytimes.com/1933/03/19/archives/hooked-cross-an-old-symbol-from-india-the-swastika-made-its-way-to.html
"UNDER a decree signed by President von Hindenburg all German public buildings fly side by side, the black-whie-and-red flag of Imperial Germany and the Nazi banner with the swastika or hooked cross. By another decree the black-gold-and-red republican colors were banished from the German war flag."
Why did NYT start using the word Swastika?
Did it have anything to do with the founding of
- Hindu Mahasabha in 1915 and Veer Savarkar becoming the President in 1920s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_Mahasabha
- RSS in 1926 https://www.rss.org/Encyc/1926/1/31/1926.html
Did NYT adopt this strategy to link Hindus in India to Nazis.
Who was the first to link Hindu Nationalist organisations in India to Nazis?
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When was Savarkar FIRST said to have supported Nazis?
It will be useful if a proper timeline is given, instead of just discussion and arguments.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfP0ynd-JKIlc=UgwZG4YPzdzqDiGWTyJ4AaABAg
https://cohna.org/hakenkreuz-not-swastika/
"It was around March 19, 1933, that the New York Times began to change how it reported about the symbol, claiming that the “Hooked Cross†was a foreign symbol from India called “Swastika.†It was the first time a major newspaper used this term to describe Hitler’s hate symbol – starting a changed terminology that has been amplified ever since."
https://www.nytimes.com/1933/03/19/archives/hooked-cross-an-old-symbol-from-india-the-swastika-made-its-way-to.html
"UNDER a decree signed by President von Hindenburg all German public buildings fly side by side, the black-whie-and-red flag of Imperial Germany and the Nazi banner with the swastika or hooked cross. By another decree the black-gold-and-red republican colors were banished from the German war flag."
Why did NYT start using the word Swastika?
Did it have anything to do with the founding of
- Hindu Mahasabha in 1915 and Veer Savarkar becoming the President in 1920s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_Mahasabha
- RSS in 1926 https://www.rss.org/Encyc/1926/1/31/1926.html
Did NYT adopt this strategy to link Hindus in India to Nazis.
Who was the first to link Hindu Nationalist organisations in India to Nazis?
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https://www.newsbharati.com//Encyc/2020/4/23/Savarkar-and-Nazi-.html