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The swastika is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles, in either right-facing form or its mirrored left-facing form. Archaeological evidence of swastika-shaped ornaments dates from the Neolithic period. It occurs today in the modern day culture of India, sometimes as a geometrical motif and sometimes as a religious symbol; it remains widely used in Eastern religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. Despite this usage, the symbol has become stigmatized and to some extent taboo in the Western world because of its iconic usage by Nazi Germany, and it has notably been outlawed in Germany if used as a symbol of Nazism (usage of the sign by religious groups is tolerated). Many modern political extremists and Neo-Nazi groups such as Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging and Russian National Unity use stylised swastikas or similar symbols. Dixit Wikipedia.

#1: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Aug 3, 2010

New version published by Grizix.

New version published by Grizix.

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Huh, that's odd. You seem to have published a new version while I was solving, but while I found a logical solution, now it's saying that there are multiple solutions. Not sure how that works.

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Quoting Byrdie: "Not an image I'm pleased to see because of what it represents ..."

Ditto to Jota and Birdie, but at the same time if we as a global collectivity start to put the association to the Nazi behind us and focus on what this symbol represent for so many years for so many diffrent people and culture, maybe the shame behind what the Nazi made of it could slowly disapear. I'm not talking about ignoring what happen in those years but instead showing people that the swastika is more than just a nazi symbol.

Yes Sylvain, it's the spirit.
Excuse me, it's the second time I make a puzzle which has already been made, but I can't know the 9000 puzzles of the website.

No way to put Nazi "anything" behind me.

First of all, I really enjoyed the color logic and fun of solving this with a clear image.

Second, it was so disturbing to work on it knowing all the time what it was I was forming, on the screen, in my mind.

Finally, thank you for the full explanation and history behind the symbol. Nevertheless, it remains a stab in the heart for those old enough to remember the WWII significance (which is the theme of this contest) and those who were personally affected by the power behind the symbol in our recent past.

It would be easier to move past the symbolism of this image if there weren't ill-meaning groups in current generations that are trying to usurp it's meaning.

thanks for entry, Clément

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I agree with Joe: while it makes many people uncomfortable, it's important to talk about it to our children, so this dark chapter in our history is not forgotten, or worse, romanticized.

This is the most beautiful rendering of a swastika that I've seen on this site.

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