Description
To perform the salute, it was required to extend the right arm to at least to eye level, straighten the hand so that it is parallel to the arm and say emphatically Heil Hitler!, or at least Heil! If one saw an acquaintance at a distance, it sufficed to simply raise the right hand. If one encountered a superior, one would also say, Heil Hitler. If physical disability prevented raising the right arm, it was acceptable to raise the left. The form Heil, mein Führer! was for direct address to Hitler. Sieg Heil was repeated as a chant on public occasions. Written communications would be concluded with either Mit deutschem Gruß, or, simply, Heil Hitler.
In later periods Hitler used a modified German salute, bending his right arm while holding an open hand towards the greeted at shoulder height.
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