Bloody Hell. What Is he thinking (Nazi Salute In Olympics)

[dingodan]

There is apparently an "Olympic Salute" which looks similar to the Nazi Salute.

But even the opening ceremony was not without controversy – the question being whether athletes would give the Nazi salute to Hitler as they passed by his reviewing stand. There was some confusion over this issue, since the Olympic salute with right arm held out sideways from the shoulder could also be mistaken for the Hitler stiff-arm salute. Most countries gave either one or the other. Austrian athletes gave the Hitler salute. French athletes thrilled the German audience by giving the Hitler salute, although some French athletes later claimed it was the Olympic salute. The Bulgarians outdid everyone by goose-stepping past the Führer. The British and Americans chose a military style 'eyes right' with no arm salute.

http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/triumph/tr-olympics.htm

 

[Mutts Nuts]

But it`s not the Nazi salute is it ,they used there right hands..
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[Tux the albion Penguin]

I think It might be cleared up. I for one don't know my war history as well as others. I only posted what I saw.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

didn't see the German team goose stepping, maybe he has a tattoo under his arm pit

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

At the end of the day he made a salute that could have been interpreted as a Nazi Salute. It was a foolish move.

 

[Superphil]

Yes , so all you trying to kick off another racist , politically incorrect action ( the minority) get your facts right . Was it a cameraman trying to catch him in a single frame ? so he had a story ? Dear me sad world

Why don't you watch the video of it? It wasn't a single frame, it was a clear 'wave' or 'salute' of some sort. Repeated 3 or 4 or 5 times, just like a Nazi salute. OK, the Nazis did with the right hand, but it looked very strange, especially as it was done at the same time as the German competitors walked by.

 

[hillianseagull]

didn't see the German team goose stepping, maybe he has a tattoo under his arm pit

Think he is the Ukranian representative (President). Dont think it was a Nazi Salute.

 

[pork pie]

At the end of the day he made a salute that could have been interpreted as a Nazi Salute. It was a foolish move.

Indeed, and if you see it in motion looks exactly like the Nazi salute, but with the left arm. I saw it at the time, and was horrified.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

Think he is the Ukranian representative (President). Dont think it was a Nazi Salute.

some of the worst atrocities in WW2

 

[Lord Bracknell]

http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1937873/pg1

I like the discussion on that site about whether it is acceptable for disabled people to use their left arms for nazi salutes. I thought it was only rabbis who ever gave that particular dispensation.

 

[Mutts Nuts]

some of the worst atrocities in WW2

No where near as dreadful as germans