Anti-Defamation Commission condemns video of Melbourne schoolgirl giving Nazi salute

Shocking footage of a Melbourne public high schoolgirl performing a Nazi gesture has sparked outrage. Jewish leaders have condemned shocking footage of a Melbourne high schoolgirl impersonating Adolf Hitler inside a classroom. The video shows a senior student being filmed performing a Nazi salute while donning a drawn-on moustache that resembled the dictator’s distinctive facial hair. A laptop playing a German song can also be seen in the video as the student stands with her arm extended. Another student, believed to be filming the video, can be heard laughing in the background. The video, obtained by the Anti-Defamation Commission, is believed to have been filmed for another student’s birthday.

via news.com.au: Anti-Defamation Commission condemns video of Melbourne schoolgirl giving Nazi salute

siehe auch; Outrage over ‘sickening and ugly’ video of schoolgirl performing Nazi salute Mentone Girls’ Secondary College is under fire after a student was filmed at school performing a Nazi salute with a drawn-on moustache. Shocking footage of a female student impersonating Adolf Hitler at an all-girls high school in Melbourne’s Bayside suburbs has sparked outrage over the public classroom display. A senior student at Mentone Girls’ Secondary College was this week filmed performing a Nazi salute while donning a drawn-on moustache that resembled the dictator’s distinctive facial hair. A German song is played from a laptop as the student stands with her arm extended while the student filming the video, in what is believed to be a birthday tribute for another student, can be heard laughing in the background. (…) It comes as a damning new report into antisemitism at Australian universities revealed 56 per cent of Jewish students hid their identity to evade antisemitism. In January, a swastika was drawn onto a basketball court at Toorak Primary School. Leaked documents detailing interviews with staff revealed that students at St Bernard’s College in Essendon had saluted Hitler amid claims of simulating sex acts and threatening teachers in October last year.

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