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[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 4 points 4 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.

I believe that's correct, yes.