Insignia based on runes used by the Nazi paramilitary group
The esoteric insignia of the Schutzstaffel (known in German as the SS-Runen) were used from the 1920s to 1945 on Schutzstaffel (SS) flags, uniforms and other items as symbols of various aspects of Nazi ideology and Germanic mysticism. They also represented virtues seen as desirable in SS members, and were based on völkisch mystic Guido von List's pseudo-runic Armanen runes, which he loosely based on the historical runic alphabets. Some of these insignias continue to be used by neo-Nazi individuals and groups.[1]
Pseudo-runes used by the SS
Other esoteric symbols used by the SS
As well as List's Armanen runes, the SS used a number of other esoteric symbols. These included:
See also
References
- ^ "Extreme Right Wing symbols, numbers, and acronyms" (PDF). Greater Manchester Police. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ Hermann Schwarz, Gott jenseits von theismus und pantheismus, Junker und Dünnhaupt, 1928.[1]
- ^ Robert Ley, Organisationsbuch der NSDAP (1943)[2].
Sources
- Lumsden, Robin (1993). The Allgemeine-SS. Osprey Publishing. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-85532-358-2.
- Yenne, Bill (2010). Hitler's Master of the Dark Arts: Himmler's Black Knights and the Occult Origins of the SS. Zenith Imprint. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-7603-3778-3.[unreliable source?]