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They do not change the name of the village of Swastika in upstate New York, even though several have complained that the name conjures up bad memories among historically savvy citizens.
The swastika is an ancient symbol of the sun, in India it is a symbol of the cycle of life, immortality, but also luck. It became known as the swastika after Adolf Hitler came to power in the 1930s, in this context a symbol of anti-Semitic significance and forbidden dictatorship.
The town’s name was voted on Sept. 14 after a visitor from New York was surprised by the town’s name, the MTI wrote.
There was another town called Swastika on the other side of the Canadian border in Ontario. The name of the settlement has nothing to do with Nazism, since it dates back much earlier, to the turn of the century. At the time, two brothers, Jim and Bill Dusty, were researching silver in the area. Although no silver was found, they did not travel there completely to the foams, because the gold did. The Swastika Gold Mine was founded in 1907 and got its name from the fact that the brothers swastika they wore a lucky pendant.
The railway also arrived in 1908, when the Swastika Mining Society was founded, which became the name of the later city. Starting in 1911, mining really flourished, the masses moved to the swastika, where hotels, schools, hotels were established one after another, in a word, the settlement developed.
During World War II, when the United States was at war with Germany, the village was renamed Winston (referring to Churchill), but the villagers were not asked about it.
The villagers replaced the old plaque with the inscription: “To hell with Hitler, we came up with that name first!”
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