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Morton Downey Jr. The acerbic talk-show host claimed he was attacked in a San Francisco men's room by Nazi skinheads, who chopped off some of his hair and scrawled a swastika across his face. Skeptical officials made no arrests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Injuries of The Rich and Famous | 8/13/1990 | See Source »

Central to the question of what went wrong is the question of whether Hitler's rise to power was inevitable. Was there some fatal flaw in the history of Germany that predestined it to the swastika and the gas chamber? In one sense, everything that has happened may seem inevitable, simply because of the fact that it did happen. Yet it is extraordinary how narrowly Hitler triumphed, how many accidents and variables had to line...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Germany Toward Unity | 7/9/1990 | See Source »

...ominous force behind the tensions is a white right-wing organization of self-styled commandos, the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging, or Afrikaner Resistance Movement. Dressed in khaki uniforms, members wear a swastika-like insignia, salute Nazi-style and warn of a "holy war" if De Klerk succeeds in carrying out his program. The A.W.B. has launched a campaign of intimidation against Welkom's blacks and has been accused of nighttime beatings. In early May, when armed squads began strutting in the streets during the day, the civic association in Welkom's black township of Thabong declared a consumer boycott. Suddenly white-owned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa The Wind Rises in Welkom | 5/28/1990 | See Source »

...confederate flag symbolizes a racist sentiment in the same way that a Nazi swastika does. As such, it constitutes a form of hate speech which must not be tolerated by the College any more than shouted epithets or racially derogatory remarks would be tolerated...

Author: By Paul Leonard, | Title: The Flag is Harassment | 2/20/1990 | See Source »

Live ABC transmissions from the heart of Berlin that showed a new opening in the Berlin Wall probably seemed innocuous to most viewers. But those who looked over Peter Jenning's shoulder couldn't help but notice a large swastika spray-painted on the Wall. It's true that people spray paint swastikas on public walls in the United States. But American never unified behind a symbol which stands for world domination and the annihilation of entire races...

Author: By Neil A. Cooper, | Title: The Case Against Reunification | 11/22/1989 | See Source »

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