For the past three decades, Jamie Thomas has "accidentally" created and incorporated multiple logos and images bearing striking resemblances to Nazi and White Supremacy Iconography.
The Zero Skateboards Eagle:
The Nazi Eagle is a symbol developed originally by the Nazi Party in Germany in the 1920s (also becoming a symbol of the German government after the Nazis took power), based loosely on traditional German coats of arms. Following World War II, the symbol was appropriated by neo-Nazis and other white supremacists worldwide, with many variations.
Source: adl.org
Zero skateboards was founded in 1996.
Mystery Skateboards "SS" bolts:
The SS Bolts are a common white supremacist/neo-Nazi symbol derived from Schutzstaffel (SS) of Nazi Germany. The SS, led by Heinrich Himmler, maintained the police state of Nazi Germany. Its members ranged from agents of the Gestapo to soldiers of the Waffen (armed) SS to guards at concentration and death camps.
The Nazis derived many of their symbols from such pre-Roman images. Because the sowilo rune resembles a lightning bolt (with flat ends instead of pointed ends), the SS symbol has come to be associated with a lightning bolt image.
Following World War II, the SS bolts symbol was adopted by white supremacists and neo-Nazis worldwide. Most white supremacists use it in its Nazi form, as two bolt-like images with flattened ends. However, sometimes the symbol may have pointed bottom ends or pointed tops and bottoms. These variants of the SS bolts are most frequently associated with prison tattoos.
Source: adl.org
Mystery skateboards and this logo and graphic first released in 2003.
Warsaw Footwear Name & Valknut Logo:
Decades after Zero and Mystery and public scrutiny for the questionable logos used, in 2024, Jamie Thomas launched Warsaw footwear. Not only is Warsaw named after a city in Poland notoriously linked to the Holocaust and more than 300,000 deaths, but the logo for Warsaw is strikingly similar to the Norse Valknut / Valknot symbol.
The Valknot or "knot of the slain" is an old Norse symbol that often represented the afterlife in carvings and designs. It is often considered a symbol of the Norse god Odin. Some white supremacists, particularly racist Odinists, have appropriated the Valknot to use as a racist symbol. Often they use it as a sign that they are willing to give their life to Odin, generally in battle.
Source: adl.org
In Warsaw, Poland, the Nazis established the largest ghetto in all of Europe. 375,000 Jews lived in Warsaw before the war – about 30% of the city’s total population. Immediately after Poland’s surrender in September 1939, the Jews of Warsaw were brutally preyed upon and taken for forced labor. In 1939 the first anti-Jewish decrees were issued. The Jews were forced to wear a white armband with a blue Star of David and economic measures against them were taken that led to the unemployment of most of the city’s Jews. A Judenrat (Jewish council) was established under the leadership of Adam Czerniakow, and in October 1940 the establishment of a ghetto was announced. On November 16 the Jews were forced inside the area of the ghetto. Although a third of the city’s population was Jewish, the ghetto stood on just 2.4% of the city’s surface area. Masses of refugees who had been transported to Warsaw brought the ghetto population up to 450,000.
Source: yadvashem.org
A lot of "coincidences" over a 30 year timespan. Poor Jamie. You can't help but feel for the guy. Must suck being a devout Christian from Alabama who has this much "bad luck" when it comes to choosing logos and brand names, right?
