Just Watched 'Hitlers British Girl' But It Got My Magnificent Mind Wondering Where The Nazi Salute Originated?

Question

Opinions and learned views please.

Answer 1

I thought it was based on the Roman Legionnaire's salute..or the one to the Caesars.

Answer 2

The Hitler salute (German: Hitlergruß, also known in Germany during World War II as the Deutscher Gruß, literally: German Greeting), or in English as the Nazi salute, is a variant of the Roman salute, adopted by the Nazi Party as a sign of loyalty to its leader Adolf Hitler.

It was adopted following its use by supporters of Italian fascism, a political movement under the leadership of Benito Mussolini, and other mass movements of the era. The Hitler salute became the embodiment of Hitler's cult of personality throughout Nazi Germany. The right arm is raised at an angle of about 45 degrees above the horizontal and slightly sideways to the right, and is almost always accompanied by the exclamation of the words Heil Hitler! said in a firm and usually loud voice. If standing in front of a superior the heels might be clicked simultaneously. At rallies and meetings the arms of the crowd may also be raised while rhythmically shouting Sieg Heil.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_salute

The Nazis also adopted it as a response to the KPD's use of the clenched fist salute. In the 1920s the German Communists had a brilliant propagandist who Goebbels learnt a thing or two from.

Answer 3

The Germans are hyper-sensitive about Hitler because of all the propaganda and brainwashing they've undergone through their education system after WW2. It has been enforced upon them by the Americans who still have military bases there. The fear of mentioning anything to do with Hitler is ingrained along with the fear of finding out what really happened. Hitler didn't actually destroy Germany - the allies did. Hitler was in fact a natural consequence of the draconian reparations regime placed on Germany after WW1, and they were forced into WW1 because of their increasing economic power that Britain and France could not tolerate. But again, Germany has become an economic power regardless of repeated attempts to destroy it. The danger now is that Germany could self-destruct due to the strain placed upon their economy by mass immigration combined with the self-loathing that has been brainwashed into them. I hope they don't let it happen and wake up to what has been done to them before it is too late, or they will be too ashamed of their past to defend themselves.

Answer 4

It is a Roman salute stolen by the Nazis. The National Socialists stole lots of Roman trappings, just like the Fascists before them and French Revolution & Napoleon before that. Much of European history is the story of attempts at reviving the Roman Empire, from Charlemagne to the Hapsburgs. It's no accident that the Russians had Czars (Caesars) and the Germans Kaisers (Caesars). The Nazis just married the same old crap to their ultra-modernist socialism and the results were much uglier.

Answer 5

Generally considered as Roman, but was used in USA (circa 1890) as a salute of allegance.

Answer 6

I think it was copied from the Roman salute. Not sure about the left hand index finger on the upper lip though.

Answer 7

Hi
The salute originated from a speech Hitler gave to his troops just before they invaded Russia as he said...'Now remember lads keep yer welly's on, in Russia the snows this high'.... that do?
Ray. West York's. U.K.

Answer 8

Rome

Answer 9

Peter sellers in "Dr Strangelove"

Answer 10

it originates from the central nervous system