Nazi Science Lives On

[Kai Frederik Lorentzen]

On 12.01.2011 10:47, Dave Monroe wrote:

> http://naziscienceliveson.devhub.com/
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What's darkly comical about that NYT headline ("88 German Scientists 
Reach Here, Reputedly With
Top War Secrets") from 11/17/45, is the fact that right after the Third 
Reich's downfall the number
"88" became a code which is still very common in Germany and also other 
parts of the world. The
number 88 stands for "Heil Hitler!". Why? Well, the "H" is letter numero 
eight in the alphabet. So if
you'll ever spend some time in Germany as a foreigner, I'd advise you to 
avoid pubs or such which
have the number 88 in their name ... otherwise it could happen that 
you'll find yourself surrounded
by Neo-Nazis prepared to crush your teeth or worse. In any case I would 
throw away all sweaters,
T-shirts usw that have that number printed on them. If not, you're 
sending out Neo-Nazi signals ...
Talking about Nazi code after the downfall: Winifred Wagner - check out 
the Syberberg movie - said
in an interview that the Wagner Clan was making fun of the new 
authorities by decoding USA as
"Unser Seliger Adolf" (Our Blissful Adolf). When she told this she 
couldn't stop herself from lol ...

Not funny by any standards of political correctness, but most certainly 
pynchonesque.

KFL