Giant swastika spotted in swimming pool of luxury mansion in Brazil

Pomerodo: A huge swastika has been discovered at the bottom of a swimming pool in Brazil, according to Daily Mail.

According to the reports a helicopter from the Civil Police spotted the Nazi emblem in a swimming pool in a home near in Pomerode, Brazil in the southern state of Santa Catarina while assisting a kidnapping this week.

The homeowner, who has not been identified, reportedly denied he was promoting Nazism and told police the swastika had been there for 13 years.

Santa Catarina has a history of European immigration including Germans and Austrians and organises the popular Oktoberfest in Blumenau every year.

AP File photo of German 'Fuehrer' Adolf Hitler.

After World War Two, Brazil became a bolt-hole for scores of wanted Nazi war criminals.

Josef Mengele the notorious physician of Auschwitz - dubbed the "Angel of Death" - who performed deadly and grotesque human experiments on thousands of prisoners, including many children who were twins, was among the most infamous Third Reich fugitives to find sanctuary in Brazil.