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[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (3 children)

What do those numbers mean? I think I heard this 88 pop up over some mickey mouse game but didn't think much about it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

H is the 8th letter in the alphabet and the starting letter of both their original leader and their greeting.

14 refers to their 14 word credo about "racial purity"

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteen_Words, the 88 on it's own usually means Heil Hitler (8th letter of the alphabet).

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Well I understood that much but why and how those 2 numbers are related to Nazi

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

14 refers to the 14 words, a Nazi quote, 88 is numerical reference, 8th letter is H, so HH, or Heil Hitler.