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hakenkreuz

[hah-kuhn-kroits] / ˈhɑ kənˌkrɔɪts /
NOUN
swastika
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The Coalition of Hindus of North America is among several faith groups leading the effort to differentiate the swastika from the hakenkreuz.

From Washington Post • Dec. 2, 2022

In his 2018 book titled “The Buddhist Swastika and Hitler’s Cross: Rescuing a Symbol of Peace from the Forces of Hate,” Nakagaki posits that Hitler referred to it as the hakenkreuz.

From Washington Post • Dec. 2, 2022

But in the West, this symbol is often equated to Adolf Hitler’s hakenkreuz or the hooked cross – a symbol of hate that evokes the trauma of the Holocaust and the horrors of Nazi Germany.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2022

In his 2018 book titled “The Buddhist Swastika and Hitler’s Cross: Rescuing a Symbol of Peace from the Forces of Hate,” Nakagaki posits that Hitler referred to the symbol as the hooked cross or hakenkreuz.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2022

But the hakenkreuz remains a highly charged symbol.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2014