Many symbols used by the Nazis have further been appropriated by
neo-Nazi groups, including a number of runes: the so-called
Black Sun, derived from a mosaic floor in Himmler's remodel of
Wewelsburg, and the
Celtic cross, originally a symbol used to represent pre-Christian and Christian European groups such as the
Irish. Neo-Nazis also employ various number symbols: •
18, code for
Adolf Hitler. The number comes from the position of the letters in the alphabet:
A =
1,
H =
8. •
88, code for "Heil Hitler", a phrase used in the
Nazi salute. Also used as a reference to the "88 Precepts", a manifesto written by
white supremacist David Lane. •
14, from the
Fourteen Words coined by David Lane: "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children." • 14 and 88 are sometimes combined with each other (i.e. 14/88, 8814, 1488). They are also sometimes depicted on dice. •
271, code for
Holocaust denial or minimisation. The number "references the conspiratorial claim that only an estimated 271,000 Jews were killed in the Holocaust", according to the
Anti-Defamation League. In 1997, Wolfgang Fröhlich, a
Holocaust denier and former
district council member for the
Freedom Party of Austria, alleged that
Adolf Hitler's favourite food was egg dumplings (
Eiernockerl). Some restaurants in Austria started advertising the dish as a "daily special" for 20 April, which is Hitler's date of birth, ==Gallery==