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[–] bownage@beehaw.org 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I guess he wouldn't agree with the name because among nazis it's just called a salute

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 3 points 10 hours ago

It was actually officially called "Deutscher Gruß" - "German Salut". Nowadays it's called "Hitlergruß" - "Hitler salute". Don't know if it was also called that back then.