An Israeli student was arrested and fined for performing a Nazi salute at Auschwitz during a school trip.

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.

  • FundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    5 days ago

    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.

      • sunflowercowboy@feddit.orgEnglish
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        5 days 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.nlEnglish
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        5 days ago

        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.comEnglish
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          5 days 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. Imagine the objective harm & deprivation of rights or peaceful access to opportunities or resources that teenage edginess causes to society. Right?

    • geneva_convenience@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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      5 days 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.