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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Fast Forward Texan High School Seniors Give Nazi Salute
Dozens of seniors at Cypress Ranch High School in Cypress, Texas, flashed a Nazi salute during a class photo shoot, according to a report by local TV station KPRC. While posing for a class photo, the seniors were asked to strike a “funny” pose. According to one student who spoke with KPRC, 70 students raised…
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News Tila Tequila’s Nazi-Saluting Friend is Jewish — and Devoted to the ‘Alt-Right’
Last week a shocking photo of former reality TV star Tila Tequila doing a Nazi salute with two men went viral. The three were standing inside a gathering of the “alt-right,” the white nationalist movement which has rallied around president-elect Donald Trump. The salute — known to some as a Nazi salute, to other’s as…
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News WATCH: Did Laura Ingraham Make a Nazi Salute at the RNC?
Social media users criticized conservative political commentator Laura Ingraham for appearing to make a Nazi-salute at the Republican National Convention. Ingraham concluded her Wednesday night speech, during which she praised Republican nominee Donald Trump, by waving to a cheering audience. In the beginning of the wave, her outstretched arm was reminiscent of the salute made…
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Fast Forward Jewish Prison Guard Investigated for Nazi Salute in Lisbon
Portuguese prosecutors are investigating a Jewish prison guard and five of his colleagues for making a Nazi salute. The six men participated in a demonstration last month against the government’s austerity measures in front of Portugal’s parliament in Lisbon, Diario de Noticias, a daily newspaper, reported earlier this week. The newspaper did not name the…
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Fast Forward Host Uses Nazi Slogan To Berate Assange’s Mother
An Australian radio host who claims Jewish descent was suspended for one month for shouting “Sieg Heil” three times at the mother of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. John Michael Howson, 76, a talk-back host on 3AW Radio, reacted angrily with the Nazi taunts after Assange’s mother, Christine, said she would not conduct an interview on…
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