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Lunacharsky Articles and speeches on international politicsWarning About swastikas
On many decorations and posters during the days of the last festival, as well as in general on various kinds of publications, etc., due to a misunderstanding, an ornament is constantly used, calling it a swastika and having the following form: (an equal-ended cross is shown with curved ends to the left). Since the swastika is the cockade of the profoundly counter-revolutionary German organization ORGESH, and in recent times it has taken on the character of a symbolic sign of the entire fascist, reactionary movement, I warn you that artists should in no case use this ornament, which produces, especially on foreigners, deeply negative impression.
People's Commissar for Education A. Lunacharsky