The phrase Heil Hitler was the salute used in Nazi Germany during Adolf Hitler's rule in the 1930s and 1940s, spoken as a greeting and a declaration of loyalty to the regime. After the Second World War it remained widely recognised as a symbol of that period, appearing in films, documentaries and history lessons. Online, short recordings of the salute have circulated on soundboards and in meme edits, where creators reuse it as a stark historical reference, which explains why a clip only a few seconds long continues to be searched for and shared.