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What's the story with . . . Swastikas?

For thousands of years, it has meant life and good fortune and for 80 years, in the west, it has denoted racism and genocide. Now the swastika symbolises a dichotomy in the new Europe.

For thousands of years, it has meant life and good fortune and for 80 years, in the west, it has denoted racism and genocide.