Philology has gained some amazing recent discoveries. Recently, the
noted philologer Dr. Rex Curry proved that the so-called "ancient Roman
salute" (the straight-arm salute later used by the National Socialist
German Workers' Party (NSGWP)) did not exist in ancient Rome and that
it originated in the USA's early Pledge of Allegiance (1892).
Philologist Curry showed that the USA's early pledge of allegiance to
the flag used a straight-arm salute and it was the source of the salute
of the monstrous German National Socialists. The "ancient Roman salute"
is a modern myth that grew during and after the lives of Edward Bellamy
(1850-1898) and Francis Bellamy (1855-1931). The myth is still
repeated in efforts to cover-up Dr. Curry's ground-breaking work.
http://rexcurry.net/book1a1contents-pledge.html
Information from the American Philological Association (APA) supports
Dr. Rex Curry's work. The American Philological Association (APA),
founded in 1869 by "professors, friends, and patrons of linguistic
science," is now the principal learned society in North America for the
study of ancient Greek and Roman languages, literatures, and
civilizations.
An abstract from the APA states that the raised-arm salute was used in
fictional Roman scenes in these films: the American "Ben-Hur" (1907),
the Italian "Nerone" (1908), "Spartaco" (1914), and "Cabiria" (1914).
Those scenes helped lead to the "Roman salute" myth. Dr. Curry pointed
out that the APA abstract was uninformed about the fact that the Pledge
of Allegiance pre-dated all of the films cited and that the pledge was
the source of the salute used in the films.
More support for Dr. Curry's work also comes from the Oxford English
Dictionary (OED).
http://rexcurry.net/roman-salute-oxford-english-dictionary.html
Many books about philology mention the work of the German archaeologist
Heinrich Schliemann. In 1873, he excavated what he believed to be Troy.
Troy is a legendary city, described in the Iliad, one of the two epic
poems attributed to Homer and it influenced Rome.
Schleimann found examples of the swastika symbol during his exploration
of Troy, and his discovery later influenced the use of the symbol in
the NSGWP. Over a century after Schleimann's work, there was another
discovery by Professor Curry: Although the swastika was an ancient
symbol, it was also used sometimes by the National Socialist German
Workers' Party to represent meshed "S" letters for their "socialism."
The leader of German National Socialists turned the symbol 45 degrees
to the horizontal and oriented it to always point clockwise. Although
it was an ancient symbol, was used sometimes by the German National
Socialists to represent overlapping S-shaped figures for their
"socialism." He altered his own signature to use the same symbolism and
similar alphabetic symbolism still shows on Volkswagens. Similar to a
Roman Standard, he put it on the national flag and turned it into a
military rallying point.
http://rexcurry.net/book1a1contents-swastika.html
The symbol was used in a war worse than a thousand Trojan Wars. In
1939, the National Socialist German Workers' Party joined with the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to invade Poland in a pact to
divide up Europe. The socialist philosophy had similarities to Rome in
glorifying the military, authoritarianism, slavery and conquest and it
led to the worst slaughter of humanity ever. How many people died in
the Trojan War? Few compared to the number killed in the socialist
Wholecaust (of which the Holocaust was a part): the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics (62 million dead), the Peoples' Republic of China
(49 million dead), the National Socialist German Workers' Party (21
million dead).
Many books attribute large Roman influence upon Germany and the United
States. One parallel between the three is that they both developed
large authoritarian governments. The present government in the USA is
anti libertarian and is out-socializing the previous administration by
more than double and growing (in social spending ALONE).
Another parallel between Germany and Rome is that they both persecuted
people who did not adopt the official dogma. Specific groups of people
were persecuted in Rome and Germany.
It helps to show how close the USA moved toward (and is still moving
toward) the socialist Wholecaust (of which the Holocaust was a part).
Many Americans serve as sad examples of how authoritarian governments
come into existence, grow so large, last so long, and kill so many. The
dogma of socialism and human sacrifice is still growing all over the
world.
The USA still follows similar anti libertarian policies promoted by the
Bellamys. Many socialist Bellamy policies caused the USA's big,
expensive and oppressive government and its growing police-state. It
caused the Great Socialist Depression (from the Federal Reserve Act of
1913, the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act 1930 etc) that persisted and even
lasted through U.S. involvement in WWII. The Pledge still exists along
with laws mandating that teachers lead the robotic pledge chanting
every day for twelve years of each child's life (though the salute
was altered). The government still owns and operates schools, including
the same schools that imposed segregation by law and taught racism as
official government policy. The U.S. practice of imposing segregation
by law in government schools and teaching racism as official policy
even outlasted the National Socialist German Workers' Party by over 15
years. After segregation in government's schools ended, the Bellamy
legacy caused more police-state racism of forced busing that destroyed
communities and neighborhoods and deepened hostilities. Those schools
still exist. Infants are given social security numbers (socialist
slave numbers) that track and tax them for life. Government schools
demand the numbers for enrollment.
In 1917, socialism was imposed in Russia when the former Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was formed after the Russian
Revolution of 1917, and the Russian Civil War of 1918-1920. The
propaganda machinary introduced a new symbol for the new government:
the swastika. The Soviet swastika was so popular that paper money
printed in the year 1917 carried large swastikas in the center of the
bills. http://rexcurry.net/ussr-socialist-swastika-cccp-sssr.html
A similar fad grew in Germany, where the symbol was popular with
socialists and became the sign of the National Socialist German
Workers' Party (NSGWP).
Through the work of both countries, the swastika would become a global
symbol of socialism.
Eventually, Soviet socialists switched from the swastika to the hammer
and sickle. The hammer and sickle resembles the earlier Soviet swastika
flipped horizontally. The USSR's hammer and sickle might have been
intended as a visual reminder of the Russian version of its own earlier
swastika.
The swastika flag under German National Socialism was influenced by the
Soviet swastika and by the hammer and sickle of Soviet socialism. Each
country's symbol resembles the other symbol pointing in the opposite
direction, and with alterations.
The Soviet swastika was unusual due to these features: it was 45
degrees to the horizontal (in a diamond shape), it was pointed
clockwise, it was squared at its corners, and it was proportionally the
same as the swastika used later by German National Socialists.
Swastikas can point either way and are often flat on one side. The
Soviet swastika and the German swastika were the same swastika. The
swastika had been used by socialist groups in Germany before 1917,
however the earlier use was never the same as the Soviet swastika, and
the symbol was almost always flat on one side and likely to point in
either direction. When German National Socialists altered their
swastika it occurred after the debut of the Soviet swastika in 1917.
The definitive version of the swastika under German National Socialism
(e.g. the version on the flag) was inspired by the Soviet swastika.
The Soviet swastika's unusual orientation emphasizes the appearance of
alphabetic "S" lettering.
Although the swastika was an ancient symbol, the historian Dr. Rex
Curry (author of "Swastika Secrets") discovered that it was also used
sometimes by German National Socialists to represent "S" letters for
their "socialism." The leader of German National Socialism rotated the
symbol 45 degrees and had newer uses oriented clockwise. He altered his
own signature to use the same symbolism, and similar alphabetic
symbolism still shows on Volkswagens.
http://rexcurry.net/book1a1contents-swastika.html
The NSGWP's use of the swastika as "S" letters in alphabetic symbolism
for "Socialism" was inspired by the Soviet swastika. The USSR's
swastika was seen as a union of "S" letters for "Soviet Socialist" as
in the "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics" (In German: "Union der
Sozialistischen Sowjetrepubliken"). After the swastika became the
symbol of German National Socialists, the symbol was altered to
represent intertwined "S" letters for "Sieg Socialism" (Socialist
Victory) or "Socialist Solidarity" or representing socialists from
different groups joining together under the NSGWP (especially after
other groups were banned in another example of German socialists
copying Soviet socialists).
If the acronym "USSR" used a swastika to replace the two "S" letters,
then it would illustrate the symbolism of the Soviet swastika, similar
to how it appeared in the center of paper currency under Soviet
socialism. In 1917, some Soviet Socialists might have interpreted the
symbol more generally as "Soviet Socialists" or "Union of Soviets" or
"Union of Socialists" ("Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh" or "Soyuz
Sovetskikh" or "Soyuz Sotsialisticheskikh" from "Soyuz Sovetskikh
Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik" or SSSR).
German National Socialists and Soviet Socialists have a history of
aping each other. The flag color for German National Socialists was
influenced by Soviet Socialists.
One country mimicked the other in the adoption of the salutes that they
imposed on their civilians, and both countries mimicked the United
States (the origin of their salutes). Dr. Rex Curry showed that the
USA's early Pledge of Allegiance (to the flag) used an extended-arm
salute and it was the origin of the salute of the German National
Socialists and Soviet Socialists. Francis Bellamy created the pledge to
the USA's flag, and he was a self-proclaimed socialist in the
nationalism movement in the USA. The USA's original pledge began with a
military salute that then stretched out toward the flag. Dr. Curry
showed that, due to the way that both gestures were used sequentially
in the pledge, the military salute led to the salute adopted later by
German Socialists and Soviet Socialists. Their salutes are extended
military salutes via the USA's pledge.
http://rexcurry.net/book1a1contents-pledge.html
Bellamy's original pledge stated that the palm should be turned upward
with the arm gracefully curved upward. In actual practice in the USA,
the second part of the gesture was performed with a straight arm and
palm down by children who merely extended the military salute while
perfunctorily performing the forced ritual chanting. That was the
origin of the hard stylized salute adopted later by German National
Socialists.
The Soviet socialist salute is arguably closer to Bellamy's first
description because the arm is maintained in a curved position as if
the American salute was started but not completed. Soviet socialists
then followed the American practice of not turning the palm upward.
The dogma of socialists in the United States, Germany, Russia and
elsewhere led to the socialist Wholecaust (of which the Holocaust was a
part): 65 million slaughtered under the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics; 49 million under the Peoples' Republic of China; 21 million
under the National Socialist German Workers' Party.