Concentration camp
Students from Görlitz show right -wing extremists in Auschwitz
On a school trip to the former Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp, several students showed the right-wing extremist “White-Power greeting”. Photos of this are circulating on social media.
During a visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp memorial, ninth graders from Görlitz showed a right-wing extremist gesture. The four posed on an educational trip on March 13 in front of the former German extermination camp with the so-called White power greeting and were photographed, as a spokesman for the Saxon State Office for School and Education confirmed. First “Tag24” and “Bild” had reported.
A photo of the incident is currently circulating on social media. In the morning, an advertisement was made to the police, as a spokesman said. She started the investigation.
In the “White Power” hand gesture, thumb and index finger are brought together to a circle on the fingertips, the remaining three fingers protrude up and should shape a “W”. The gesture is used in the right scene and – unlike the Hitler salute – is not prohibited.
Right -wing extremist gesture in Auschwitz: Students have to do social classes
According to the State Office, the school management of the Scultetus secondary school reacted immediately and invited the ninth graders and their parents to talks. The students therefore received a headmaster reference and have to do social lessons in a workshop for the disabled. They had shown themselves to be insightful, the headmistress said.
Four students of a high school in #Görlitz of all people during an educational trip in front of the entrance to the concentration camp memorial #Auschwitz posed and the neo-Nazi recognition mark “White Power” shown. Had made the case public “Antifa Elbflorenz”. 🧵 pic.twitter.com/po3uv3cie5
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According to the state office, no further incidents with a right -wing extremist background are known at school and in the class.
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Source: Stern
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