THREAD: @AshleyRindsberg provides eye opening info of how @nytimes never covered the Holocaust & actually supported Nazis. BUT, most people don't know how the paper's orientalist lens popularized the conflation of the Hakenkreuz w/ the Swastika.👇🏾 sundayguardianlive.com/news/nyts-cove… 1/n
In his book, Dr. T.K. Nakagaki shows how the Dec 2, 1923 edition of @nytimes used the correct word (Hakenkreuz) to describe Hitler's symbol. google.com/books/edition/… 2/n 
But, a Mar. 19, 1933 article in @nytimes essentially "discovered" the Swastika for popular American mainstream, conflated it with Hitler's symbol. Even then, the paper use the word "hooked cross" and Swastika interchangeably (the hooked cross dropping eventually over time). 3/n
While @nytimes discusses the history of Swastika and its connections with Hindus and Buddhists, along with similar symbols in Europe and among Native Americans, the picture and the headline cement the wrongful association of the sacred Swastika with Hitler's Hakenkreuz. 4/n
The fact is - the Swastika NEVER made its way to Germany. The Germans ALWAYS used the word "Hakenkreuz" (hooked cross) to describe Hitler's symbol and associated it with Christianity (something that Hitler and the Nazis exploited severely). Read - cohna.org/swastika-is-no… 5/n
The damage to Hindus, Buddhists, Jains was grave - our sacred symbol, which had NOTHING TO DO WITH THE HAKENKREUZ, started to be wrongfully associated with hatred and genocide in the West. 6/n
As Hindus, Buddhists, Jains & Sikhs celebrate #Diwali, it is important to properly distinguish between a sacred symbol (Swastika) & the symbol of hate & genocide (Hakenkreuz or "hooked cross") to increase mutual understanding & respect. Our Brochure - cohna.org/wp-content/upl… 7/n
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