> Swastika is a sacred symbol in Hinduism. The original inspiration for Hitler was hooked cross.
No, the inspiration was the Indian swastika. Same reason he wanted to call himself "Aryan".
(The swastika is also a sacred symbol in Buddhism, for reference. One day someone will petition to have 卐 removed from the relevant Chinese Unicode block.)
The swastika was also in use in the west in the early 20th century before the Nazis came to power. One example of this can be seen painted on the inside of the nosecone of the Spirit of Saint Louis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Spirit_of_St._Louis_Nose_...
(It should probably be noted that the Spirit of Saint Louis was flown by Charles Lindbergh, who is generally thought to have been a Nazi sympathizer a bit later in life. But I think it's unlikely this particular swastika from 1927 was painted with the Nazis in mind. Particularly, it wasn't painted by Lindbergh.)
No, the inspiration was the Indian swastika. Same reason he wanted to call himself "Aryan".
(The swastika is also a sacred symbol in Buddhism, for reference. One day someone will petition to have 卐 removed from the relevant Chinese Unicode block.)