Do you know what Sieg Heil actually mean in the Nazi triumphal salute gatherings?
“Sieg Heil is a German phrase, which literally means “Victory Hail” or “Hail Victory”. During the Nazi era, it was a common call at political rallies. When meeting someone, it was customary in Nazi Germany to give the Hitler salute and say the words “Heil Hitler”. “Sieg Heil” was reserved for mass meetings such as the ones at Nuremberg where “Sieg Heil” was shouted in unison by thousands. Often a Nazi official would shout into a microphone “Sieg” and the crowd would answer with “Heil,” and there might be several repetitions of this at times in ever-increasing volume. At such rallies there was often a display of banners carrying the slogan “Sieg Heil” along with the swastika. The NSDAP (Nazi Party) made a pin badge in 1933 displaying a victory wreath, the Swastika, and the words “Sieg Heil”. The expression itself is older than Nazism as it is a salute to Lady Victory, or Victoria, atop the Siegessäule, or Victory Column. It has been said Joseph Goebbels used “Sieg Heil” in a meeting and
