Quote Originally Posted by Ironside
Only a minor note combining holocaust and Indonesia that made quite fitting to your point.
Our social studies teacher was on vacation in Indonesia and there he encountered hotel Swastika, with the symbol very publically viewed.
Was your teacher in Bali?

In Buddhist dominated societies the symbol which looks like the Nazi Swastika is in fact the Buddhist Swastika.

The Buddhist Swastika being the older version of the symbol of the two and very common on Buddhist temples, hotels and very often Buddhist Vegetarian Eateries.

Also when looking at a menu in a restaurant that caters for all the vegetarian meals will have a Swastika like symbol marked beside them. These can be seen throughout regions which have a large Buddhist population and even in some places within the rest of Indonesia which has various portions of faiths... although Jakarta is dominated by people of Muslim upbringing (of which some are now secular... but still have a cultural muslim heritage).

Even knowing this and being married to someone of Buddhist heritage and having traveled through Indonesia I was mentally freaked when I arrived in Taiwan. Having jet lag and half asleep seeing temples and restaurants marked with the Swastika was a bit of a shock.