{"id":2299,"date":"2008-06-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T09:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crrc.am\/blog\/breakdown-of-social-structure-the-hitler-salute-and-nazi-germany\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T10:40:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T06:40:01","slug":"breakdown-of-social-structure-the-hitler-salute-and-nazi-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crrc.am\/en\/blog\/breakdown-of-social-structure-the-hitler-salute-and-nazi-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Breakdown of Social Structure: The Hitler Salute and Nazi-Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><\/p>\n<div> CRRC-Armenia in cooperation with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yeritac-am.org\/\">YERITAC YNGO<\/a> hosted a lecture-discussion entitled &#8220;Breakdown of Social Structure: The Hitler Salute and Nazi-Germany&#8221; conducted by Prof. Dr. Tilman Allert (Frankfurt a.M., Germany) on June 5, 2008.<\/div>\n<div> <\/p>\n<div> Tilman Allert is a professor of sociology and social psychology at the University of Frankfurt. The lecture focused on his book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Hitler-Salute-Meaning-Gesture\/dp\/080508178X\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1212731503&amp;sr=8-1\">The Hitler Salute: On the Meaning of a Gesture<\/a>, which explains the phenomenon of the infamous greeting, the symbol of National Socialism, and shows what happened when the traditional ways of greetings were replaced with Hitler salute.<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<div> <a href=\"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_g4EVbT-7mQU\/SEjV5F8jVsI\/AAAAAAAAAQo\/Ee0Wl2yK_UI\/s1600-h\/greeting2.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><\/a><span><span>Prof. Allert is signing a copy of his book before donating it to the center. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CRRC-Armenia in cooperation with YERITAC YNGO hosted a lecture-discussion entitled &#8220;Breakdown of Social Structure: The Hitler Salute and Nazi-Germany&#8221; conducted by Prof. Dr. Tilman Allert (Frankfurt a.M., Germany) on June 5, 2008. 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