Hate on Display™ Hate Symbols Database

This database provides an overview of many of the symbols most frequently used by a variety of white supremacist groups and movements, as well as some other types of hate groups.

26 Results

88

Hate Symbol

88 is a white supremacist numerical code for Heil Hitler. Read more about the meaning behind the numbers, as well as how it’s used in non-extremist forms.

Blut und Ehre

Hate Symbol

Burning Neo-Nazi Symbols

Hate Symbol

Neo-Nazis have adopted the Ku Klux Klan practice of symbolic burnings, substituting swastikas, othala and life runes, triskeles and the Celtic cross for the traditional cross burned by Klan members.

Crossed Grenades

Hate Symbol

ALTERNATE NAMES: Dirlewanger

German Phrases

Hate Symbol

Hitler Salute (hand sign)

Hate Symbol

ALTERNATE NAMES: Nazi Salute

Imperial German Flag

Hate Symbol

ALTERNATE NAMES: Imperial War Ensign, Reichskriegsflagge

Life Rune

Hate Symbol

ALTERNATE NAMES: Elhaz Rune, Algis Rune

Meine Ehre Heisst Treue

Hate Symbol

ALTERNATE NAMES: My Honor Is Loyalty, My Honor is Called Loyalty, Unser Ehre Heisst Treue

Nazi Eagle

Hate Symbol

ALTERNATE NAMES: Nazi War Eagle

Nazi Party Flag

Hate Symbol

ALTERNATE NAMES: Nazi Flag

Othala Rune

Hate Symbol

ALTERNATE NAMES: Othal Rune, Othila Rune, Odal Rune, Norse Rune

Sieg Heil

Hate Symbol

Skrewdriver

Hate Symbol

Skrewdriver, long defunct, is the British white power music band that essentially created white power music as a genre. The band, and its deceased leader, Ian Stuart Donaldson, remain held in the highest esteem by white supremacists.

Sonnenrad

Hate Symbol

ALTERNATE NAMES: Sunwheel, Black Sun

SS Bolts

Hate Symbol

White supremacy and the SS Bolts. Find out the history of the neo-Nazi SS Bolts, and the current usage of one of the most powerful hate symbols in history.

ALTERNATE NAMES: Cracker Bolts, SS Lightning Bolts, Lightning Bolts

SS Divisional Insignia

Hate Symbol

SS (hand sign)

Hate Symbol

Sturmabteilung

Hate Symbol

Swastika

Hate Symbol

The swastika is an ancient symbol used in many cultures that was adopted by Adolf Hitler and turned into a symbol of hatred. Since then, the swastika has become perhaps the most notorious hate symbol in Western culture.

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All the symbols depicted here must be evaluated in the context in which they appear. Few symbols represent just one idea or are used exclusively by one group. For example, the Confederate Flag is a symbol that is frequently used by white supremacists but which also has been used by people and groups that are not racist. Similarly, other symbols in this database may be significant to people who are not extreme or racist. The descriptions here point out significant multiple meanings but may not be able to relay every possible meaning of a particular symbol.

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