There is a discussion going on in India about reclaiming this ancient symbol that was very widespread across many other parts of the world.
The irony is that the swastika is more European in origin than most people realise. Archaeological finds have long demonstrated that the swastika is a very old symbol, but ancient examples are by no means limited to India. It was used by the Ancient Greeks, Celts, and Anglo-Saxons and some of the oldest examples have been found in Eastern Europe, from the Baltic to the Balkans .
A podcast that describes this.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b04lsxh5
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The Nazi one is a Hakenkreuz (a hook cross) in German.
The German word is “Hakenkreuz”, that is “hooked cross”.