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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I do believe 88 was just 2x the 8th letter of the alphabet which is H, which was short for what they say in the Hitlergruß.

This is a perfectly reasonable explanation to me and fits too well for this to seem like a coincidence.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I believe that's correct, yes.