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0 points1attice20d ago0 comments

I was not, and I am not, because it obviously is.

- 'Panzer', of course, is a famous Nazi tank model

- 'Schrek' is from _schrecklish_, terrifying (sp?) in German

- The typeface, Fraktur, has a specific meaning in the National Socialist design language, which is, by about a century, the last time it was regularly used (IIRC.)

So, you tell me. In an Internet awash with encoded symbols, what are these ones telling you?

Use your eyes, your noggin, and your German history texts.

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danhau19d ago· 1 in thread

To nitpick:

> 'Panzer', of course, is a famous Nazi tank model

Panzer is German for tank, or armor. It‘s not referring to any model specifically, I don’t think, but I‘m not a historian.

Panzerschreck (spelled correctly) is something like „tank scare“.

But indeed, that GitHub page gives off the wrong vibes. Using this project will be tough, at least in Germany and Austria, lest you want to be suspected of Wiederbetätigung.

1atticeOP19d ago

Thank you. It's been several decades since I studied.

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