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June 22, 2010
The Persistence of Fascism
Taken over a woodland near the village of Zernikow to the north-east of Berlin.
In the mid-late 1930s, with Hitler in charge, a swastika of larches was planted in the midst of a pine forest. For most of the year the larches are invisible, but, in the winter, when the larches change colourthe swastika stands out (for anyone who happens to be flying in a plane). -- Totalitarian Trees ｫ Beachcombing's Bizarre History Blog
Posted by Vanderleun at June 22, 2010 3:22 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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Even better, and in our neck o' the woods...
Posted by: Aquila at June 22, 2010 6:22 PM
There was a swastika planted in the forest near Bishkek Kyrgyzstan as well, by a Nazi who was being held there by the Soviet Union. It was torn out and replanted, but not until many years after the war.
Posted by: Patvann at June 22, 2010 10:37 PM
Ah yes, the persistence of tyrannical, murderous symbolism. Of course, to the modern liberal, building a colossal Mosque feet from the fallen World Trade Towers is something simply quite different.
Posted by: Blastineau at June 23, 2010 1:28 PM
Goering was, in one his lesser roles, the Reich chief forester. I wonder if he had that done.
Posted by: Rich Fader at June 23, 2010 5:35 PM
After that pic was taken, selected trees were sawed down in order to erase original pattern.
Posted by: dries at June 23, 2010 6:55 PM
After that pic was taken, selected trees were sawed down in order to erase original pattern.
But the trees are innocent, and now those enviro-cretins in that video Gerard posted some time back will start crying all over again.
Posted by: Don Rodrigo at June 24, 2010 12:41 PM