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A veteran Ukrainian ultranationalist leader whose movement was criticized by Israel over alleged Nazi chants and salutes at a recent rally has praised the German aesthetic during Adolf Hitler’s rule.

Far-right figure Dmitry Korchinsky argued that Ukrainians should draw inspiration from the German 1930s-1940s “beautiful Art Deco designs,” regardless of the “painful associations some people” may have with the symbols of the genocidal regime.

To illustrate his point, Korchinsky shared an image of the Nazi eagle – the Nazi Party’s version of the Reichsadler, a traditional German emblem whose origins can be traced to Ancient Rome – with the swastika replaced by Ukraine’s national trident.