A Brewer's Star on display in a parade in front of Schuhhaus Reich in Bavaria circa 1933
Oktoberfest?
The 6 pointed Brewer’s star’s, identical to the Jewish Star of David, actually has its roots in alchemy.
For centuries, it was customary for brewers -- particularly those in Europe and, later, in America -- to brand or paint a six-point star on the ends of their beer kegs. And, indeed, many brewers of the 19th and early 20th centuries actually fashioned their logos to incorporate the six-point star.
In alchemy, the two triangles represent the reconciliation of the opposites of fire and water. Non-Jewish Kabbalah (also called Christian or Hermetic Kabbalah) interprets the hexagram to mean the divine union of male and female energy, where the male is represented by the upper triangle (referred to as the "blade") and the female by the lower one (referred to as the "chalice"). Moreover, it derives four triangular symbols from it (two triangles crossed like a capital letter A and two uncrossed) to represent the four elements: water, fire, air, and earth.
Members of the Hitler-Jugend can be seen in the front wearing a HJ-Dienstmutze.
A Brewer's Star on display in a parade in front of Schuhhaus Reich in Bavaria circa 1933
Oktoberfest?
The 6 pointed Brewer’s star’s, identical to the Jewish Star of David, actually has its roots in alchemy.
For centuries, it was customary for brewers -- particularly those in Europe and, later, in America -- to brand or paint a six-point star on the ends of their beer kegs. And, indeed, many brewers of the 19th and early 20th centuries actually fashioned their logos to incorporate the six-point star.
In alchemy, the two triangles represent the reconciliation of the opposites of fire and water. Non-Jewish Kabbalah (also called Christian or Hermetic Kabbalah) interprets the hexagram to mean the divine union of male and female energy, where the male is represented by the upper triangle (referred to as the "blade") and the female by the lower one (referred to as the "chalice"). Moreover, it derives four triangular symbols from it (two triangles crossed like a capital letter A and two uncrossed) to represent the four elements: water, fire, air, and earth.
Members of the Hitler-Jugend can be seen in the front wearing a HJ-Dienstmutze.