The Black Sun is a German occult long associated with neo-Nazis. U.S. World; ... The Black Sun symbol has long been aligned with German esotericism since the design first appeared in mosaic tile ...

Helen A. Berger is a r esident Scholar at Brandeis University's Women's Studies Research Center.. This article originally appeared on The Conversation.. Just before the supermarket shooting that ...

Inspired by ancient occult symbols, the Black Sun was incorporated into a mosaic on the floor of Wewelsburg Castle in western Germany — the ideological home base of Heinrich Himmler and the SS.

The Black Sun, he said "was one of the less common Nazi symbols, but because the SS used it, it gained a sort of elite status." Now, he argued, it has only gained popularity among extremists.

06/19/2018 June 19, 2018. A necklace for sale on singer Shakira's website resembles the Black Sun symbol used by the SS. The emblem is still popular amongst neo-Nazis.

The black sun, or sonnenrad, is a symbol associated with the SS paramilitary wing in Nazi Germany as well as with the occult. It has been used by white supremacists in the US and paramilitary ...