LOS ANGELES (AP) – A school district in southern California has condemned a video of high school students hailing the Nazis and singing a Nazi song after it went public on Monday.
The video, obtained by the Daily Beast – which has released about 8 seconds – shows members of the Pacifica Boys Water Polo Team at Garden Grove in an empty room that, according to the administrative authorities, would have been used later for a sports banquet.
The song, written by the German composer Herms Niel during Hitler's ascent, was played to inspire Nazi troops during the Second World War.
The Garden Grove unified school district said in a statement that the footage was recorded last November but that the directors had not seen the video before March. He said that students were not supervised at the time. The district said Monday that the administrators had "treated the situation of all students and families concerned", without however specify the disciplinary measures taken.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, USA – AUGUST 11: Neo-Nazis, white and white supremacists encircle and sing opponents at the foot of a Thomas Jefferson statue after crossing the campus of the University of Virginia with torches at Charlottesville, Virginia, USA August 11, 2017. (Photo by Samuel Corum / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, USA – AUGUST 11: A white supremacist helps another after being hit by a pepper spray during a clash between counter-protesters and neo-Nazi groups, Alt-Right and white supremacists after having crossed the campus of the University of Virginia with torches in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, August 11, 2017. (Photo by Samuel Corum / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, USA – AUGUST 11: Neo-Nazis, white and white supremacists parade on the campus of the University of Virginia with torches in Charlottesville, VA, USA on August 11, 2017. (Photo courtesy of Samuel Corum / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, USA – AUGUST 11: Neo-Nazis, white and white supremacists parade on the campus of the University of Virginia with torches in Charlottesville, VA, USA on August 11, 2017. (Photo courtesy of Samuel Corum / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, USA – AUGUST 11: Neo-Nazis, white and white supremacists parade on the campus of the University of Virginia with torches in Charlottesville, VA, USA on August 11, 2017. (Photo courtesy of Samuel Corum / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, USA – AUGUST 11: Neo-Nazis, white and white supremacists parade on the campus of the University of Virginia with torches in Charlottesville, VA, USA on August 11, 2017. (Photo courtesy of Samuel Corum / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, USA – AUGUST 11: Neo-Nazis, white and white supremacists parade on the campus of the University of Virginia with torches in Charlottesville, VA, USA on August 11, 2017. (Photo courtesy of Samuel Corum / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, USA – AUGUST 11: Young men hold torches on the steps of the Rotunda while other neo-Nazis, Alt-Right and White Supremacists parade through the campus of the University of Virginia with Torches in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, August 11, 2017. (Photo by Samuel Corum / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, USA – AUGUST 11: Neo-Nazis, white and white supremacists parade on the campus of the University of Virginia with torches in Charlottesville, VA, USA on August 11, 2017. (Photo courtesy of Samuel Corum / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, USA – AUGUST 11: Neo-Nazis, white and white supremacists parade on the campus of the University of Virginia with torches in Charlottesville, VA, USA on August 11, 2017. (Photo courtesy of Samuel Corum / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, USA – AUGUST 11: A group holds up a flag on the steps of the Rotunda while other neo-Nazis, Alt-Right and White Supremacists parade through the campus of the University of Virginia with torches in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA on August 11, 2017. (Photo by Samuel Corum / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, USA – AUGUST 11: Neo-Nazis, white and white supremacists parade on the campus of the University of Virginia with torches in Charlottesville, VA, USA on August 11, 2017. (Photo courtesy of Samuel Corum / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, USA – AUGUST 11: Neo-Nazis, white and white supremacists parade on the campus of the University of Virginia with torches in Charlottesville, VA, USA on August 11, 2017. (Photo courtesy of Samuel Corum / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images)
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"I think this indicates a shift in which even an obscure Nazi rhetoric (…) is now embedded on a highly fragmented internet," said Brian Levin, director of the study on Hate and Extremism at California State University San Bernardino.
Levin called it "disturbing" and said that these incidents are becoming more common as anti-Semitism goes online, especially in the "darker corners of the internet". ".
This is the second time that a high school Orange County is dealing with its students engaged in Nazi representations. School students from the Newport-Mesa Unified School District were suspended following an unrelated incident in March after posting photos showing that they were playing beer pong with goblets installed in swastikas.
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