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Israeli student arrested for Nazi salute at Auschwitz during school trip (www.jpost.com)

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An Israeli high school student was arrested and questioned by police for doing a Nazi salute during a school trip to Auschwitz, Israeli media reported on Sunday.

The teenager from Kiryat Bialik was on his school's field trip to Poland when he did the gesture under the entrance sign to the camp.

He was questioned for two hours by Polish police and was fined approximately NIS 1,500 after security guards observed him performing the salute. The museum also captured the incident on its security cameras; the footage was handed over to the police.

Polish police charged him with promoting Nazism, local media reported. Performing a seig heil is illegal in Poland, and carries a potential sentence of up to two years in prison.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

If they’re doing it to be provocative, then they know exactly what they’re doing and why it’s bad. No sympathy for Nazi supporters or those who make light of Nazi atrocities. This kid deserves the punishment.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

You're free to think that, but I respectfully disagree.

If he kept doing it, sure. But taking him aside and talking to him could be more effective and less damaging than getting the authorities involved and humiliating him to "prove a point."

Show him that we're on the same side. If we treat him like an enemy when he really isn't one, he very well may become one.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Less damaging to whom? To the kid who did a Nazi salute? Sure, definitely. How about to society? Tolerance for Nazis and Nazi symbology only emboldens Nazis and weakens everyone else. Especially in these times when fascists control the most powerful country on Earth.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

You're not tolerating it by taking him aside, explaining to him why it's not acceptable even as a joke, and warning him not to do it again.