swastika

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One of the most famous images, Robert Capa's The Shaved Woman of Chartres, shows a young mother walking through a jeering crowd with a swastika painted on her forehead.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., called the policy “absolutely horrific,” while Sen. Catherine Cortez Mastro, D-Nev., said the swastika is “a hate symbol, plain and simple.”

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2025

While browsing a map of Madrid from 1940, Mr. Cheshire spotted a stamp in the top-left corner identifying its provenance: a black swastika.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

For example, the swastika can be merely a benign ancient Hindu symbol.

From Slate • May 28, 2024

“Near the bridge, in the willow thicket on the river bank, lay the broken-up machine with a black spider of a swastika on its tail unit,” said Nina.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein