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| Child dresses as Adolf Hitler & lists Nazi dictator’s ‘accomplishments’ for class project, prompting investigation | Child dresses as Adolf Hitler & lists Nazi dictator’s ‘accomplishments’ for class project, prompting investigation |
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| A New Jersey school has apologized and launched an investigation after a student dressed up as Adolf Hitler and listed his “accomplishments” in a teacher-approved project. | A New Jersey school has apologized and launched an investigation after a student dressed up as Adolf Hitler and listed his “accomplishments” in a teacher-approved project. |
| The assignment that led to the controversy required students to pick a historical figure to do a project on. One student chose Adolf Hitler and wrote a report listing the “accomplishments” of the mass murderer. | The assignment that led to the controversy required students to pick a historical figure to do a project on. One student chose Adolf Hitler and wrote a report listing the “accomplishments” of the mass murderer. |
| One of those “accomplishments” was “uniting a great mass of German and Austrian people behind me.” | One of those “accomplishments” was “uniting a great mass of German and Austrian people behind me.” |
| The student went on to explain the titles Fuhrer and Reichskanzler, and then wrote, “I was pretty great, wasn’t I?” | The student went on to explain the titles Fuhrer and Reichskanzler, and then wrote, “I was pretty great, wasn’t I?” |
| The last line of the report acknowledges that Hitler was anti-Semitic, which drove him “to kill more than six million Jews,” though the penultimate line read, “I was very popular, and many people followed me until I died.” | The last line of the report acknowledges that Hitler was anti-Semitic, which drove him “to kill more than six million Jews,” though the penultimate line read, “I was very popular, and many people followed me until I died.” |
| The report was hung up in the hallway, stirring confusion and controversy among parents, according to the Post Millennial, which also notes that approximately 40% of the Tenafly school district is Jewish. | The report was hung up in the hallway, stirring confusion and controversy among parents, according to the Post Millennial, which also notes that approximately 40% of the Tenafly school district is Jewish. |
| Parents outraged over the project claim the teacher heading it was involved in the writing of the reports and approved the final work. | Parents outraged over the project claim the teacher heading it was involved in the writing of the reports and approved the final work. |
| Superintendent Shauna DeMarco is now heading an investigation into the matter and will determine if “further” action needs to be taken. | Superintendent Shauna DeMarco is now heading an investigation into the matter and will determine if “further” action needs to be taken. |
| “I learned about this situation on Friday and contacted the related District administrators immediately. I have requested that all associated information related to this project be provided to me,” DeMarco wrote in a Sunday letter addressed to parents and staff. | “I learned about this situation on Friday and contacted the related District administrators immediately. I have requested that all associated information related to this project be provided to me,” DeMarco wrote in a Sunday letter addressed to parents and staff. |
| The investigation, however, has not quelled the outrage some parents have over the incident. | The investigation, however, has not quelled the outrage some parents have over the incident. |
| “In an insane world, where almost nothing is shocking anymore, this is literally unbelievable," one parent said, according to Daily Voice. | “In an insane world, where almost nothing is shocking anymore, this is literally unbelievable," one parent said, according to Daily Voice. |
| “This is being tone deaf and not reading the room to the infinite degree. [How] did everyone check off on this before it actually went to the presentation level?” another added. | “This is being tone deaf and not reading the room to the infinite degree. [How] did everyone check off on this before it actually went to the presentation level?” another added. |
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