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Origins of Forest Swastika in East Germany Remain a Mystery
In 1992, an intern in East Germany noticed that some trees in the forest grew in the shape of the notorious Nazi symbol- the swastika. However, even after two decades and multiple sightings in other parts of Germany, the mystery of the larch tree swastika persists.
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