Historic.feed on Instagram: "How Did Hitler’s Iconic Salute Emerge? The Nazi salute was not invented by Hitler himself. Its origins are often linked to gestures believed to come from Ancient Rome and later revived in the early 20th century by Mussolini’s fascist Italy. In the 1920s, the Nazi Party adopted this salute and turned it into a mandatory symbol of loyalty, obedience, and leader worship. Refusing to perform the salute could have serious consequences: people faced social exclusion, denun