Eva Schloss, who was captured by the Nazis when she was 15, will meet with the California teenagers on Thursday.
it is investigating the imagines and that it has so far interviewed more than two dozen students.
“While these actions did not occur on any school campus or school function, we condemn all acts of anti-Semitism and hate in all their forms,” Newport-Mesa Superintendent Fred Navarro said in a statement. After the photos went viral some of the students wrote apology letters calling their actions"disgusting,""appalling," and"irresponsible,"On Thursday Schloss, 89, will meet with a group of students at Newport Harbor High School and is hopeful that despite their actions they can become"advocates of tolerance and understanding," according to a statement from the Chabad Center for Jewish Life.
Schloss, a Holocaust survivor, was born in Austria and spend two years hiding in the Netherlands before being captured by the Nazis when she was 15,"It’s imperative that today’s young people come face to face with the consequences of unchecked hatred," the center's director, Rabbi Reuven Mintz, said in a statement
"Our hope is that meeting someone who witnessed firsthand the atrocities committed under that same swastika and salute will help guide these students toward a life of tolerance and acceptance, spreading a message of inclusion and love, rather than one of hatred," Mintz said.
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