Stacy Efrat, who is Jewish, said she was similarly outraged.
“My children are great-grandchildren of someone who fled the Nazi regime in Germany and survived the Holocaust.” “I’m very hurt on a lot of levels,” she continued. The new logo for East Side Elementary in Marietta was unveiled Monday, depicting the school’s eagle mascot along with its initials in blue font Cobb County School District The Nazi war eagle has been used recently by neo-Nazi sympathizers, Flaks said, adding that she contacted the school and got an apology. “I thought, ‘That looks off, that makes me feel uncomfortable,’ and I came back to it a few times and I felt more and more uncomfortable and sick each time,” Flaks said. Rabbi Amanda Flaks told WSB-TV she was flabbergasted upon seeing the logo. East Side Elementary is reportedly located across the street from a synagogue. Cobb County Schools is Georgia’s second-largest school district. East Side Elementary is also located across the street from a synagogue, the newspaper reported. Or maybe, who knows, somebody did call it out and it wasn’t heard.”Ĭobb County Schools is Georgia’s second-largest school district. “Really it’s a big oversight of the county and everyone involved in the process who reviewed that, to not call out the fact that this looks like Nazi iconography. “I don’t want to see my kids wearing that on their shirt,” he told the Journal-Constitution. Mike Albuquerque, a father of two students set to attend East Side Elementary when classes resume, said he didn’t want them showing their support by wearing the symbol. Army colonel’s eagle wings, stakeholder input has been and continues to be important to our schools.” “Although this design was based on the U.S. “We understand and strongly agree that similarities to Nazi symbols are unacceptable,” the statement continued. The new logo was actually based on a US Army symbol, district officials said. The design was actually based on a US Army symbol, district officials said. The rollout of the new logo has since been halted and officials are “immediately reviewing needed changes,” a district spokeswoman confirmed Thursday to The Post. “It should be noted that eagles are a common symbol among nations worldwide, including the United States, and not every image of an eagle is derivative of the Nazi eagle,” ADL’s website states. The symbol initially featured an eagle gripping a swastika, but other variations depict SS bolts or a Celtic Cross, according to the ADL. The American Jewish Committee blasted the new logo on Twitter Tuesday. It was developed by Germany’s Nazi Party in the 1920s, based loosely on traditional German coats of arms. The Nazi eagle, also known as the Nazi war eagle, is listed among hate symbols by the Anti-Defamation League. “This only clarifies the urgent need for comprehensive Holocaust education at all level,” the advocacy group tweeted Tuesday. The new logo for East Side Elementary in Marietta was unveiled Monday, depicting the school’s eagle mascot along with its initials in blue font.Ī message to parents said it was selected to “represent the eagle soaring into excellence,” as well as to honor the school’s history, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.īut parents and other eagle-eyed observers, including some from the American Jewish Committee, quickly noted its “striking and uncomfortable” resemblance to the Nazi eagle. Teen accused in murder of NYC paraprofessional allegedly confessed to shootingįuming NYC parents rip DOE over faulty new grading, attendance systemĭemand skyrockets for kids’ books addressing violence, traumaĪ Georgia elementary school is under fire for its new logo that some parents insist resembles a Nazi symbol - prompting district officials to halt its rollout. Teen busted flashing firearm to impress friend at NYC high school: cops
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