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.
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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