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The Arrow Cross was the symbol of the fascist
Arrow Cross Party (NyilaskeresztesPart) who
came to power in (then german occupied) Hungary
on October 15 1944 after Admiral Horthy tried to
negotiate with the allies. Acording to
Symbols.com,
the Arrow cross has been used by Magyarian tribes
about the time that they arrived in the region now
called Hungary, around the year 1000 A.D. The most
well known version of the flag was identical to the
hakenkreuzfahne
apart from the symbol in the center of the flag.
Marcus Wendel, 07 Aug 1999 and 09 Aug 1999
The "H" on the Hungarian Nazi (Arrow Cross)
movement's flag stands neither for "Hungaria"
nor for "Horthy" (Horthy was an enemy of the Arrow
Cross movement). It stands for "hungarizmus"
(hungarism), the name of the ideology of the Arrow
Cross movement.
Ivan Marinov, 10 Feb 2000
According to Forgotten Legions of the Third Reich by David Littlejohn, t