Local teacher told to remove Nazi flag from classroom

[NVMojo]

Reno: Washoe County School District officials quickly ordered a middle school teacher to take down a Hitler Youth flag — emblazoned with a black Nazi swastika — from his classroom Thursday after complaints from the Jewish Defense League.

“We take this symbol to be as serious as a heart attack,” said Bill Maniaci, spokesman for the Jewish Defense League. “This is a symbol of someone who wants to kill Jews.”

Pine Middle School teacher Michael MacDonald said he put the flag up as an historical artifact in teaching his German language class lessons on the manipulation of youth in Nazi Germany during the 1930s.

Yet the Jewish Defense League protested after MacDonald kept the flag up for nine days. Although school officials have apologized, no disciplinary action is expected, interim Superintendent Paul Dugan said.

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