Procter & Gamble stops selling detergent with neo-Nazi symbols
The numbers 18 and 88 on the packaging of Ariel detergent were intended to show the numbers of loads, but instead, conveyed inadvertent meanings in Germany.
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The number is sensitive because far-right extremists in Germany often use it as a code to skirt a ban on the use of Nazi slogans in public: since ‘H’ is the eighth letter of the alphabet, “88” represents the phrase “Heil Hitler.” Similarly, “18” is used to stand for “A.H.” or Adolf Hitler.
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