Minnesota high school students slammed for ‘promposal’ photo showing two teens doing Nazi salute while holding sign referencing Hitler
- Minnesota high school students have come under fire for a ‘promposal’ photo
- The photo shared to social media shows two students signaling a Nazi salute while holding a sign with references to Adolf Hitler
- They held an apparent invitation to the school’s annual Valentine’s Day dance called Sweethearts
- Minnetonka High School Principal Jeff Erikson called the post ‘deeply offensive’
Minnesota high school students have come under fire for posting a ‘promposal’ photo to social media showing them signaling a Nazi salute while holding a sign with references to Adolf Hitler.
Officials at Minnetonka High School wrote to parents after two students were seen in the photo.
Jeff Erikson, principal at suburban high school, called the post ‘deeply offensive’ in his note to parents.
The Star Tribune reported the photo on a private Instagram account showed a teenage girl and boy doing the salute.
They held an apparent invitation to the school’s annual Valentine’s Day dance called Sweethearts.
Minnetonka High School students have come under fire for posting this ‘promposal’ photo to social media
The newspaper reported the poster read: ‘Sweethearts would be a Hit(ler) w/you, and I could Nazi myself going w/anybody else. Be Mein? Yes or Nein.’
The teen girl who shared the photo also said in the caption: ‘Also I would like to state I am not anti-Semitic in any way, I hate all races equally.’
Steve Hunegs, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas, called the image insulting.
‘Such images both insult the memory of Hitler’s victims, as well as the heroic Minnesotans who fought to defeat Nazism,’ said Hunegs.
Jeff Erikson, (pictured) principal at suburban high school, called the post ‘deeply offensive’ in his note to parents
Minnetonka High School is pictured in a Google Maps image. Erikson said: ‘Our foundation as a school community is built on respect, kindness and consideration to others’
‘We look forward to working in partnership with the Minnetonka School District to support their Jewish students and families in the face of such blatant anti-Semitism.’
Erikson also said: ‘Our foundation as a school community is built on respect, kindness and consideration to others.
‘Our work in this area is ongoing, and it is one of our highest priorities.
‘As a greater school community, I ask that you continue the dialogue around these core values. As a school, we will do so, as well.’