This is the Forward’s coverage of the sieg heil Nazi salute, made by extending one’s right arm from the shoulder into the air with a straight hand.
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A professor at Emerson College in Boston is being investigated after performing a Nazi salute in class last semester. The accused professor, Brian McNeil, told The Berkeley Beacon, Emerson’s student newspaper, that his behavior was meant to parody Nazis, but also acknowledged how his actions could have been “perceived the wrong way.” The incident, which…
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Fast Forward California School District Re-Opens Investigation Into Team Making Nazi Salute
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Fast Forward California High School Team Gives Nazi Salute During Awards Ceremony
High school athletes in southern California gave a Nazi salute during an awards ceremony last year, The Daily Beast reported. A video showed water polo team members from Pacifica High School in Garden Grove saluting and chanting a song that was played during the rise of Adolf Hitler to support the Nazi troops. One of…
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Fast Forward Members Of Los Angeles Youth Hockey Team Suspended Over Hitler Salute
(JTA) — Three coaches and 15 players from a youth hockey team in Los Angeles have been suspended over a video posted on social media showing a player making a Nazi salute as other players make anti-Semitic remarks. The Los Angeles Jr. Kings announced the suspensions of coaches and players from the 14U Bantam AAA…
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Fast Forward CNN Fires Commentator Jeffrey Lord For Tweeting ‘Sieg Heil’
CNN fired pro-Trump commentator Jeffrey Lord on Thursday after he tweeted the Nazi slogan “Sieg Heil” and mocked the liberal organization Media Matters as “fascist.” “Nazi salutes are indefensible,” a cable spokesman said. “Jeffrey Lord is no longer with the network.” Lord, who was an aide in the Reagan administration, has been a high-visibility pundit…
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Fast Forward Dutch Coloring Book Featuring Hitler Withdrawn From Stores
Several Dutch parents were dumbfounded on Monday when they discovered in their children’s coloring book a paint-by-letter drawing of Adolf Hitler, making the Nazi salute and wearing an armband with a swastika on his left arm. Photos of the controversial drawing were shared on social media, which prompted Kruidvat, the Dutch retailer that sold the…
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