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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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[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Personally knowing some young Israeli’s.

A lot of them don’t take the holocaust very seriously and tend to joke about it a lot, (maybe it’s a coping mechanism)? In any case, this is probably a case of an edgy high schooler trying to make their friends laugh.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 14 points 7 hours ago

Could be a coping mechanism. If they took it seriously they would probably have to reflect about the similarities between the Nazis and Israel.

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

could be a coping mechanism

it's not. it's just a nazi do'in nazi shit.

[–] sunflowercowboy@feddit.org 2 points 2 hours ago

It makes sense, essentially by remaining oblivious and reductive about one act you can then allow yourself to also be blind to your own current amoral actions. Essentially it's easier to stay dense than it is to actually face the reality you are a part of.

[–] ilega_dh@feddit.nl 10 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

It’s not that deep. Lots of teenagers do edgy stuff just because it’s edgy and not allowed.

He’ll look back in 10 years cringing about himself.

[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 hours ago

It’s not that deep. Lots of teenagers do edgy stuff just because it’s edgy and not allowed.

Thank goodness we can arrest them for it.