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Re: Swastikas

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From: John L Bishop
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 19:52
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In article <CRUSADER.92Oct15184620@juhani.it.lut.fi> crusader@lut.fi (Mikko Hy|kki) writes:
>In article <1992Oct15.100606.11418@waikato.ac.nz> matt@waikato.ac.nz writes:
>
>  Nazi occupation.  Interestingly, the swastikas don't seem to bother them,
>  but they say if kits with swastikas were sold in Europe someone would break
>  into the shop and trash the place.  I don't know about this last bit; they've 
>Well, kits with swastikas are sold in Finland and I haven't heard of anyone
>trashing kit stores because of it. 

Hmm - I recall seeing pictures of Finnish aircraft that had blue swastika
markings on a round white background.   Perhaps the anti-nazi feelings are
not so strong in Finland as in the occupied countries.


							John

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From: bishopjl@infonode.ingr.com (John L Bishop)
Subject: Re: Swastikas 
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