The Nazi salute, also known as the Hitler salute, [a] or the Sieg Heil salute, is a gesture that was used as a greeting in Nazi Germany. The salute is performed by extending the right arm from the shoulder into the air with a straightened hand.

Jan 23, 2025 · Elon Musk responded to accusations of using a Nazi salute with a post full of wordplay and references to Nazi leaders Rudolf Hess, Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Gőring and and Heinrich Himmler.

Hess joined the Nazi Party on 1 July 1920 and was at Hitler's side on 8 November 1923 for the Beer Hall Putsch, a failed Nazi attempt to seize control of the government of Bavaria. While serving a prison sentence for this attempted coup, he assisted Hitler with Mein Kampf, which became a foundation of the political platform of the Nazi Party.

Rudolf Hess (1894-1987) was deputy leader of the German Nazi Party and a key figure in the fascist regime of Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) until his bizarre decision in 1941 to fly to Scotland.Hess believed he could persuade Britain to withdraw from the Second World War (1939-45), which would allow Germany to concentrate on fighting the USSR.. Hess's diplomatic overtures were dismissed as nonsense ...

Jan 23, 2025 · Elon Musk, billionaire adviser to President Donald Trump, leaned into the accusations that his Monday salute was a “Sieg heil” gesture with a series of trollish Nazi puns on X. “Don’t say Hess to Nazi accusations!” Musk wrote Thursday, referring to German Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler’s ...

Jan 23, 2025 · Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the ADL, responded to a series of puns Musk posted evoking the names of famous Nazi party members Rudolf Hess, Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Göring and Heinrich Himmler ...

Jan 23, 2025 · In the social media post on Thursday, Musk referenced names of Nazi Party leaders who aided in the extermination of European Jews, including Adolf Hitler, Rudolf Hess, Joseph Goebbels, Hermann ...

Jan 24, 2025 · "I never imagined we would see the day when what appears to be a Heil Hitler salute would be made behind the Presidential seal," U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., wrote on X.A number of Jewish ...

Jul 18, 2015 · Buckingham Palace says it is "disappointed" footage showing the Queen performing a Nazi salute as a child has been released.

The film contains excerpts from speeches given by Nazi leaders at the Congress, including Adolf Hitler, Rudolf Hess and Julius Streicher, interspersed with footage of massed Sturmabteilung (SA) and Schutzstaffel (SS) troops and public reaction.