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I’m collecting the coolest pictures I can find of different symbols destroying swastikas.

So far I have Mexico, France, Russia, America, Poland, Britain, and Canada. Am I missing any other cool ones?

Mexico’s is my fav 

Hey I’m not much of a history buff; what’s that double-cross transversal thingy that’s the anvil upon which the swastika is being broken?

The Cross of Lorraine is an emblem of Lorraine in eastern France. Between 1871 and 1918 (and again between 1940 and 1944), the north-eastern quarter of Lorraine was annexed to Germany, so during that period the Cross served as a rallying point for French ambitions to recover its lost provinces. This historical significance lent it considerable weight as a symbol of French patriotism. During World War II, Capitaine de corvette Thierry d'Argenlieu suggested the Cross of Lorraine as the symbol of the Free French Forces led by Charles de Gaulle as an answer to the Nazi swastika.

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