It has been used by various ancient civilizations, such as China, Japan, Korea, India, Nepal and Southern Europe. It remains widely used in Indian religions, specifically in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.
However, the surge of popularity was thanks to the Nazi Party which adopted it as a symbol in 1929. After Hitler came to power in 1933, a right-facing 45 degree rotated swastika was incorporated into the Nazi party flag, which was made the state flag of Germany during Nazism.
This symbol was established and used as Nazi propaganda throughout several countries after Hitler’s reign of terror started expanding. In fact, even a forest in northeastern Germany has a patch of larch trees covering 3,600 m2 area of pine forest that resemble a Nazi swastika!
There are many different theories of who might’ve planted there; however, the German government did not notice this until 1992! And they did not remove it until 2000!
