{"id":26832,"date":"2023-10-02T22:13:20","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T22:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertraining.net\/?p=26832"},"modified":"2023-10-02T22:13:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T22:13:20","slug":"swastika-tattooed-mongrel-mob-gang-give-seig-heil-salute-but-arent-nazis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertraining.net\/world-news\/swastika-tattooed-mongrel-mob-gang-give-seig-heil-salute-but-arent-nazis\/","title":{"rendered":"Swastika-tattooed Mongrel Mob gang give Seig Heil salute \u2013 but arent Nazis"},"content":{"rendered":"

The notorious Mongrel Mob biker gang used a 'Sieg Heil' rally cry and covered themselves in swastika tattoos – despite not being Nazis.<\/p>\n

The mob, who have wreaked violent havoc across New Zealand for decades, adopted symbols that were already associated with hate and anguish. They saw something as heinous as the swastika as the ultimate sign of mongrelism.<\/p>\n

Ancestors of the gang, now heavily dominated by the M\u0101ori people, were among the first New Zealanders to volunteer to fight the Nazis during World War II. Poots Kani, a Mongrel Mob member said in an interview in 2019: \u201cThe swastika was something people hated, and anything to do with insulting people, yeah the Mongrel Mob was all about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He said wearing patches bearing the symbol and copying the Nazi salute is not about being pro-Nazi, it\u2019s about rebelling against "the system." \u201cGrowing up all I have ever known is the Mongrel Mob and the swastika and so I always put the two together. <\/p>\n

"It has never been about anything else,\u201d Kani said. \u201cI have six swastika tattoos and all that comes to my mind when I see them is the Mighty Mongrel Mob.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Used by the gang for more than half a century, 'Sieg Heil' was a common chant at political rallies in Nazi Germany which translates to 'hail victory'. Their jackets were also emblazoned with a British Bulldog wearing a German military helmet.<\/p>\n

But later in 2019, some chapters of the gang vowed to ditch the use of Nazi symbolism in the wake of the terrorist attack in Christchurch. <\/p>\n

Brenton Harrison Tarrant, 28, killed 51 people in two mosque attacks, making it the worst in modern New Zealand history. The perpetrator was described as a white supremacist. <\/p>\n

Mongrel Mob Kingdom president Paito Fatu told Maori Television's Te Ao that his organisation – the biggest chapter in one of New Zealand's most feared gangs – would ditch the "sieg heil" rally cry in an effort to move away from violent crime including domestic violence and drug abuse.<\/p>\n

"I like our brothers and sisters to acknowledge each other by saying 'Mongrel Mob'," he said. Fatu claims the move is part of a transition to a new cause focusing on empowering wh\u0101nau (M\u0101ori for extended family), women and children.<\/p>\n

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