Siegrune
The Siegrune ( victory rune ) or Sigrune is a symbol ( "rune" ) of the folk movement of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Spelling characters
The sign is similar to the sixteenth rune Sowilo of the older Futhark and the twelfth rune of the younger Futhark, which consists of 16 runes. The shape of the rune corresponds to a Latin S , transformed into three straight lines. The sign stood for the consonant S.
Spellings Sig and Sieg
At the beginning of the 20th century, the esoteric and nationalist author Guido von List, according to his own statement, appeared in a dream with a new runic alphabet, which he called the Armanen-Futhark . He assigned names to these runes that he determined. Among other things, the S rune in question, which is scientifically proven as Sowilo , Sol or Sonne , was given the new name Sig . Letting his imagination run free, von List also associated the rune with numerous other terms: sol , sal , sul , sig , sigi , sun , salvation , victory , column , school , etc. were the possible interpretations of his rune that he chose . Furthermore, von List stated the following about the meaning content:
“ Sal and sig (Heil and Sieg)! This thousand-year-old Urarian greeting and battle cry [...] has become a symbol in the 'Sig-Rune' (Siegrune), the eleventh symbol of the Futhark: The creative spirit must win! "
The term Sig for the rune continued to prevail in völkisch circles, whereby the name interpretation was placed more and more on the meaning "victory", which was also in accordance with the naming of the Armanenfuthark, which was mostly based on pure sound associations. In particular, Heinrich Himmler's personal occultist Karl Maria Wiligut also adopted the runic designation Sig , although he rejected von List's Armanenfuthark and invented his own alphabet with the name Wiligutrunen . It was not until the National Socialist era that the name Sig was replaced by the name Sieg , as this name seemed much more appropriate in the sense of the National Socialist ideology and confirmed the change in meaning that had already taken place.
Political sign
In the time of National Socialism , the simple Siegrune was the emblem of the German Young People in the Hitler Youth . The Schutzstaffel (SS) of the National Socialist German Workers' Party , which was spun off from the Sturmabteilung , was initially designated with the first letters SS , later these two letters were always written and printed in runic form. Some typewriters at that time had a special type for the serrated SS. In their final form, the Siegrunes of the SS were introduced in 1929 based on a design by the graphic artist Walter Heck , who received a symbolic payment of 2.50 RM . Through their skillful proportioning, they should evidently evoke an expression of dynamism and threat. The double victory rune was used by the SS as a symbol on their so-called “house flag” as well as on vehicle stands. They were also found on collar tabs and steel helmets of the Waffen SS ; on the typewriter keyboard it was also usually written at five in a single character.
Next to the swastika , the victory rune is the symbol that most clearly indicates National Socialist ideas or intentions. According to § 86a StGB the use of this symbol is punishable . With minor changes to the graphic design, designers of relevant right-wing extremist media and patches try to undermine the ban. Active neo-Nazis within and outside the Federal Republic of Germany continue to use the symbol very openly.
US Marine Corps
The Scout Snipers of the US Marine Corps used the double victory rune as an unofficial emblem since the 1980s at the latest. After US media reported it in February 2012, the Marines commander apologized for the practice, banned it, and ordered an investigation.
literature
- Elisabeth Hinrichs, Aileen Ittner, Daniel Rother: XX-. The SS rune as a special character on typewriters. Institute for Book Art at the University of Design and Book Art, Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-932865-55-8 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Karlheinz Weißmann: Black flags, rune signs. Düsseldorf 1991, p. 51.
- ^ Alois Friedel: The political symbolism in the Weimar Republic , Marburg 1956, p. 139
- ↑ Hans-Ulrich Thamer: Seduction and violence. Vol. 5, Berlin 1986, p. 134.
- ↑ Deadly Detail - The story of the SS rune on Deutschlandfunk.de
- ↑ Youth Protection Report , p. 42.Bavarian State Center for New Media , 2nd half of 2013
- ^ Dan Lamothe: Marine scout snipers used Nazi SS logo. (No longer available online.) In: Marine Corps Times . February 9, 2012, archived from the original on February 12, 2012 ; Retrieved February 11, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Dan Lamothe: Amos sorry for Marine use of Nazi SS logo. (No longer available online.) In: Marine Corps Times. February 10, 2012, archived from the original on February 13, 2012 ; Retrieved February 11, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
