# What to do with a "touchy" piece of German WW2 memorabilia?

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**Created:** [January 1, 2010, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-touchy-piece-of-german-ww2-memorabilia/523253 "2010-01-01T03:00:19Z")\
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88 is a code neo-Nazis use to identify each other. 8 represents the letter H, the eighth letter in the alphabet. So 88 represents HH, which stands for “Heil Hitler.”

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