Articles related to "Swastika"

The Swastika, at first thought, represents the terror of the Third Reich, but it has been used as a religious symbol for millennia

To the Pagans, the swastika was a symbol of the sun. After Hitler adopted this symbol for Nazism, its use was abandoned in Pagan magickal practices.

The constellation of Lepus the Hare is best seen on winter evenings and contains a globular cluster that may not belong to our Milky Way Galaxy.

The Roman ruins of Coimbriga give an insight into the lives of ancient people whose homes, spas, and meeting places reflect a lifestyle similar to our own.

Today the bell cast for the 1936 Berlin Olympics sits beside the refurbished stadium, cracked and shot-through with its two partially defaced swastikas.

The first Aimee LeDuc murder mystery takes readers through the intricate passageways of Paris' Marais district -- and of the city's past.

For a century, Christie Pits has been one of Toronto, Canada's most vibrant community green spaces.

An appraisal of a famous double album released by the self-styled greatest rock'n'roll band in the world.

"We must not be silent condemning anti-Semitism", German chancellor Angela Merkel declared Sunday, November 9, as Germany commemorated attacks on Jews 70 years ago.

Designed by Gustave Eiffel in 1889 for the Worlds Fair, the Eiffel Tower is perhaps the most recognizable structure in the world.

Quentin Tarantino's unabashed love for all things cinema and exploitation boils to a delightful head in this violent yet talky slab of WWII fantasy wish fulfillment.

Rangoli, the art of floor painting is the oldest and most beautiful traditional folk-art form which has survived all influences and retained the spirit of Indian life.

Emulating strategies of passive resistance, German students published radical leaflets rejecting fascism and militarism, and calling for justice during WW II.

As Apple's billion-dollar iTunes app store attracts more and more developers, complaints and questions have arisen about the application process.

Vivienne Westwood made a name for herself when she began outfitting the Sex Pistols in her outrageous fashions. Thirty years later, she is still going strong.

Quentin Tarantino's latest film Inglourious Basterds is a welcome return to form for the American film geek/auteur. 8/10.

Web designers for the official 2012 London Olympics website had to pull Flash animation after viewers suffered epileptic seizures.

In the mid-1900s, Reno was the USA's best-known city for casinos. Though gaming action has diminished, its gaming palaces along Virginia Street still beckon.

Best-selling Australian writer Bryce Courtenay (author of Jessica, Tandia, and The Potato Factory) tells the story of Peekay, a boy growing up in apartheid South Africa.

"Toilets are always funny" may just become one of your everyday phrases after watching one of the more agreeably bizarre big-budget mainstream films to hit in some time

The decline in German morale was of utmost importance to the Party. The regime responded with 'atrocity propaganda', exhortation and, where this failed, sheer brutality.

Today Raksha Bandhan is a fusion of the traditional and the contemporary. The Rakhi Thali that carries the accessories for the Hindu festival exemplifies that fusion.

The Third Reich is a frequent topic of student history papers yet the themes often point to a subtle fascination with Hitler and the trappings of National Socialism.

Although the Pernkopf Atlas has been used by physicians for almost 70 years, allegations about the artists and the models have raised disturbing ethical questions.

Inglourious Basterds may be one of the more interesting cinematic failures to come around this decade, and not only because it comes from the mind of Quentin Tarantino.

Within the space of two years, Hitler transformed the German Workers' Party from a small and ineffective party to a large and powerful political party in Germany.

A newly released German film recounts the heroic exploits of John Rabe as the Japanese occupied Nanking in China, popularizing a forgotten part of history.

Our world is filled with symbols that people often fail to notice, and take for granted. Symbols help enlighten works of art and human psychology and motivation.

The Third Reich Tour of Hitler's Munich explains why Munich was the centre of the Nazi movement and visits key sites in Hitler's rise from would-be artist to dictator.

In Sylvia Plath's poem "Daddy," the speaker denigrates the addressee to the point of insisting that he died before she could kill him.

"Ohhhhhhhhhh/You've got a beautiful future!" Bobbie Gillespie chirps on the lead track of Primal Scream's latest album. Bells ring. Handclaps clap happily.

Erected over the graves of Soviet war dead in 1947 Tallinn, the monument became a controversial symbol in post cold war Estonia

V one of the most successful 80's television series, spawning two follow up series, novel and comic book adaptations, has been re-imagined for the 21st century by ABC.

"Saved by grace through faith, not works" is a basic Protestant Christian doctrine. Yet, does "faith" give us a license to do nothing?

Germany continues a campaign of compensation and education to accept guilt for WW II atrocities while Japan follows a long policy of official denial of wrongdoing.

Momentous archaeological discoveries reveal the existence of unknown lost ancient civilizations which preceded the Thracian culture.

For seventy years, Berlin's Air Ministry has witnessed and been a part of Germany's turbulent history. Throughout, it has served three very different political masters.

Jehovah's Witnesses have often been the target of violent mob action and persecution. The case studies are numerous - this article focuses on just three.

Eli Roth plays baseball bat wielding, Nazi murdering Donny Donowitz in Quentin Tarantino's highly anticipated Word War 2 film.

"State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda" reveals how Hitler's regime used words and images to create a climate of racist hatred and propel a nation to war.