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To: Libloather

For sticklers for history...the Totenkopf did not originate with the Nazis.


8 posted on 06/11/2026 3:33:39 PM PDT by Mr. Blond
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To: Mr. Blond

Totenkopf (German: [ˈtoːtn̩ˌkɔpf], lit. ‘dead person’s head’) is a German compound word for death’s head. The word is often used to denote a figurative, graphic or sculptural symbol, common in Western culture, consisting of the representation of a human skull – usually frontal, more rarely in profile with or without the mandible. In English, the term is associated with Nazi Germany, where the skull insignia was used as a uniform emblem of the SS.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totenkopf


10 posted on 06/11/2026 3:36:10 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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