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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.

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ORION

Hate Symbol
ORION
"Our Race Is Our Nation" or "ORION" is a racist slogan proclaiming that racial ties are paramount to all else, transcending national borders or boundaries.
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Blood & Honour

Hate Symbol
Blood & Honour
Blood & Honour is an international neo-Nazi/racist skinhead group started by British white supremacist and singer Ian Stuart.
Read more about Blood & Honour

Pit Bull

Hate Symbol
Pit Bull
Pit bulls are the favorite dogs of many white supremacists, because they are perceived as savage fighters. One particular pit bull graphic has become a common white supremacist symbol.
Read more about Pit Bull

Burning Cross

Hate Symbol
Burning Cross
One of the most potent hate symbols is the burning cross, popularized as a terror symbol by the Ku Klux Klan.
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Tyr Rune

Hate Symbol
Tyr Rune
The Tyr rune is an ancient runic symbol that was appropriated by the Nazis and subsequently became popular among white supremacists. Because non-white supremacists also can use this image, care must be taken to evaluate it carefully in its context.
Read more about Tyr Rune

Valknot

Hate Symbol
Valknot
The Valknot or "knot of the slain" is an old Norse symbol associated with the afterlife that has been appropriated by white supremacists as a racist symbol. Nonracist pagans may also use this symbol, so it should be carefully examined in context.
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Life Rune

Hate Symbol
Life Rune
The Life (also Elhaz or Algis) rune is an ancient runic symbol appropriated by the Nazis to help create an idealized "Aryan/Norse" heritage, which led to its adoption by later white supremciasts. Because the life rune is also used by many non-racists, it should carefully be judged in context.
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Crossed Grenades

Hate Symbol
Crossed Grenades
The crossed grenade emblem originated with the infamous Dirlewanger Brigade of World War II, a Waffen SS unit that engaged in a number of atrocities.
Read more about Crossed Grenades

Peckerwood

Hate Symbol
Peckerwood
Peckerwood, derived from an old racial epithet aimed at whites, has evolved to become a term used to refer to white prisoners, particular white prisoners belonging to the racist prison gang subculture. Learn its origins and uses.
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Sturmabteilung

Hate Symbol
Sturmabteilung
The Sturmabteilung (or SA) emblem was used by Hitler's so-called "Brownshirts," paramilitary formations utilized by Hitler to intimidate political opponents before and after his rise to power in Germany. Now it is used by neo-Nazis and other modern-day white supremacists.
Read more about Sturmabteilung

SS Divisional Insignia

Hate Symbol
SS Insignia
During World War II, the SS fielded a private army of nearly 40 divisions that fought on every front, often committing war crimes and atrocities. Following the war, neo-Nazis and other white supremacists began to use the various divisional insignia of these military formations as hate symbols.
Read more about SS Divisional Insignia

Phineas Priesthood

Hate Symbol
Phineas Priesthood
The Phineas Priesthood (or Phinehas Priesthood) is a concept created by the racist and anti-Semitic religious sect known as Christian Identity and refers to self-appointed "holy warriors" in the Christian Identity cause.
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Wolfsangel

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Wolfsangel
The Wolfsangel is an ancient runic symbols that was believed to be able to ward off wolves. Today, thanks to its appropriation by Nazi Germany, the Wolfsangel is one of the more popular white supremacist symbols.
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Echo

Hate Symbol
Echo (Parentheses)
The "echo," as it is sometimes called, is the on-line use by anti-Semites of multiple parentheses around a person's name to indicate that they are Jewish or, when used around a phrase or term, such as (((banker))), to imply that the word "Jewish" should be added to it.
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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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