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TIL that nazi symbol has nothing to do with swastika.it was hakenkreuz. Swastika was never mentioned in his book mein kampf. Hitler first saw the Hooked Cross symbol in a Christian monastery (Lambach Abbey) which he attended as a boy. He later adopted it as an emblem for his party.

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