The Soldiers of Aryan Culture are a large, Utah-based white supremacist prison gang. The gang also has a presence in the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The two symbols most commonly used by the gang are the group's... Read more

The Solid Wood Soldiers are a small Texas-based white supremacist prison gang originally known as the Stupid Woods. The group's patch consists of the initials "SWS," with the two S's represented by SS lightning bolts. Above the... Read more

The Sonnenkrieg Division (SKD) is a white supremacist organization that launched online in 2018; it has strong ties to the Atomwaffen Division (AWD). SKD is predominantly focused on political and social issues in Europe, specifically the UK... Read more

Sonnenrad is the German term for a "sunwheel" image, an ancient European symbol that appears in many forms. The Nazis created one specific version of a sonnenrad, featuring crooked rays (resembling lightning bolts) emanating from an inner... Read more

The Southern Brotherhood is a large, Alabama-based white supremacist prison gang. Gang members use a variety of different symbols and tattoos, but the most common is their "patch" or shield tattoo. This tattoo consists of a shield... Read more

SS bolts are a lightning-bolt-shaped runic insignia utilized by the Schutzstaffel (SS) in Nazi Germany. The SS was a large Nazi organization that fielded military forces, manned concentration camps and operated intelligence services, among many other functions... Read more

During World War II, Nazi Germany's SS fielded a private army of nearly 40 divisions that fought on every front, often committing war crimes and other atrocities. Following the war, neo-Nazis and other white supremacists began to... Read more

In the 2000s, white supremacists created a hand sign intended to memorialize the Schutzstaffeln or SS of Nazi Germany, who served as Hitler's secret police, political army and concentration camp guards. The hand sign uses both hands... Read more