What is bad abour '88."

Ghoest, on 30 October 2010 - 05:37 PM, said: This is a serious question. Googleing 88 doesnt show anything notable on the first couple of pages either.
I know what "SS" was but I have never heard of 88 in reference to WW2 meaning anything other that 88mm guns.
Im assuming this is a Euro thing, could someone tell me or point me in the right direction so I at least know what the reference is supposed to be.


Quote As a Neo-Nazi symbol
Eighty-eight is used as code among Neo-Nazis to identify each other.[2] H is the 8th letter of the alphabet, so 88 is taken to stand for HH which in turn means Heil Hitler.[3] For example, the number is used in the song "88 rock'n'roll band" by the neo-Nazi group Landser. The late convicted Order terrorist David Lane wrote "Fourteen Words" and 88 Precepts, and the numbers are often found in combination (1488, 14/88, etc.). This form of the number has inspired the naming of the groups Column 88, Unit 88, White Legion 88 and Barselc88.