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Probably a little different, there are variation of "nazi" sign but the Hitler one is the most predominate in BSL because it's more obvious.
Disabled people are usually the earliest to have forced sterilization upon and then later murdered just at the start of World War II through the T4 programme, killing infants and toddlers before they become a drain on the government.
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Oh yeah, I wasn't wondering whether fascists' stupid feelings would be hurt by deaf people signing, I meant more that the nazi salute is now proscribed in German law and people who use it can be prosecuted (as well as there being a very strong taboo around the gesture) - so I was wondering if and how signing might have adapted so that deaf people could still discuss the issue without risking opprobrium from the public or arrest.
I'm well aware of the 'useless eaters' rhetoric that the nazis used to justify genocide against people with disabilities, it's utterly horrific - and further so that many countries continued policies of sterilisation and the withdrawal of critical care from disabled people, for decades after we really should have collectively learned the lesson. There's distinct evidence of Neanderthals caring for disabled people for decades, no modern civilisation has any excuse for doing less.
GeneralStrike
I wonder how deaf people discussing fascism goes down in Germany? I suppose that German sign language might use different signs for those concepts.