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The Toporzeł is an
The Toporzeł is an emblem
An emblem is an abstract art, abstract or representational pictorial image that represents a concept, like a moral truth, or an allegory, or a person, like a monarch or saint.
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created by Stanisław Szukalski
Stanisław Szukalski (13 December 1893 – 19 May 1987) was a Polish sculptor and painter who became a part of the Chicago literature#Periodization, Chicago Renaissance. Szukalski's art appears to show influences from ancient cultures, Egypt, Sl ...
in 1935 to replace the traditional White Eagle. It was created by combination of axe and eagle (topor+orzeł). The head has the form of a hook shaped like an eagle's head, which symbolizes breaking a tradition. A symbol based on the Toporł, but with a cross instead of an eagle's head (Topokrzyż) appeared in Szukalski's magazine "Krak". It bore the inscription "GOJ - Gospodarczą Organizujmy Jedność" and was intended by the author to be used to mark non-Jewish shops At the beginning of 1940, in German- occupied Warsaw, this symbol was used by Polish anti-Semites from the "Atak" group to mark Christian shops , in order to economically boycott Jews.
"''Therefore, I am bringing you a beautiful sign, a new Eagle, even simpler than the Piast, so that you, who are possessed, are also you, the intention of the mission of the Rodoslawi; with an open heart they adopted on their banners, a sincere confession of national and racial patriotism, this is the sign of Topor, which became the Eagle. Let the Axor give us all, regardless of the different paths of attaining to the same Ideal, inspiration is needed today'' “ - S.Szukalski
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