Swastika tree formations in Germany still surrounded in mystery

Swastika tree formations in Germany still surrounded in mystery, New York Daily News published an article on July 8 about strange tree formations in the shape of swastikas in Germany that have been shrouded in mystery for decades. The first publicized discovery was made in 1992 when an intern taking aerial photos for a landscaping company stumbled across a formation of larch trees in the shape of a swastika.

The 200-foot by 200-foot design in the German state of Brandeburg was surrounded by pine trees and only visible in the autumn when the larch trees' leaves turned yellow and orange.

Upon discovery of the strange tree formation, a local forester determined that the trees had been planted in the late 1930's, during the height of Adolf Hitler's rule of Germany. Somehow the trees evaded discovery for nearly 60 years. Multiple stories and theories developed about how the swastika came to be after the initial discovery. An elderly resident of the area claimed that he had helped plant the trees as a child and a German newspaper reported that the trees had been planted as a thank you gift to the Reich Labor Service.

Other people claimed that the trees grew from seedlings planted to show loyalty to Hitler after a villager was taken by the Gestapo to a concentration camp for listening to BBC news broadcasts. Several attempts were made to remove the trees, one in 1995 and another in 2000 when it appeared that the first attempt to remove the swastika had been unsuccessful.

The swastika tree formation in Brandenburg was not the first time the hateful symbol had been discovered in a natural setting. In the 1970's, American soldiers stumbled upon a giant swastika growing in a forest outside of Hesse, Germany, while in 2006, a swastika was found in a forested area outside a small village in Kyrgystan. Rumors and theories swirled around each discovery, but no definite explanation behind the swastikas has ever been determined.

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