| # {{archaic|lang=de}} '''Sieg Heil''' (literally roughly: Hail, victory!) | | # {{archaic|lang=de}} '''Sieg Heil''' (literally roughly: Hail, victory!) |
− | '''''Sieg Heil''''' became the salute of the German National Socialist (Nazi) party in the 1920s. It developed to the so called {{w|Hitler salute}}, the use of which was later made obligatory to all Germans in the [[Third Reich]]. After [[WWII]], the public use of any form of the Hitler salute was criminalized in Germany and Austria. In Germany it is punishable with up to three years in prison. | |