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Four ninth-grade students from Germany have been photographed making a far-right extremist gesture during a visit to the Auschwitz concentration camp memorial, prompting a police investigation.<\/p>\n
A spokesman from the office for schools and education in the eastern state of Saxony confirmed the incident on Monday. He said a report has been filed with the police and investigations have been launched.<\/p>\n
The photo, taken on March 13, shows the students from the city of G\u00f6rlitz on the Polish border making the so-called white power salute.<\/p>\n
The gesture, common in extremist circles, is not illegal in Germany, unlike the Nazi salute.<\/p>\n
The state office said the school’s leadership reacted immediately and invited the students and their parents to disciplinary talks.<\/p>\n
The students were reprimanded by the headmistress and assigned community service at a workshop for people with disabilities, it said.<\/p>\n
The headmistress said the students understood what they had done wrong.<\/p>\n
The state office said it is not aware of further incidents with a far-right extremist background at the school.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n