In its expression of repudiation, the Brazil-Israel Institute states that the case exemplifies the warnings “that neo-Nazi incidents have grown in Brazil in recent years, whether against Jews or other groups, such as black people and LGBTQIA+ people”.
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“We cannot normalize situations like this, even if they are exceptions. The process of acceptance, without any punishment, makes more people feel comfortable committing the crime of apologizing for Nazism.”
Brazil-Israel Institute
In the video, reported by Forum Magazine and by Mídia Ninja, the teacher appears displaying the yellow-green colors, raising her arm in an attitude similar to the followers of Adolf Hitler, leader of Nazi Germany, in the traditional ultra-right-wing nationalist greeting.
According to the Forum Magazine report, the teacher has also been photographed wearing buttons supporting the president Jair Bolsonaro (PL).
Read the Brazil-Israel Institute’s statement in full:
“We view with immense concern the case of the teacher who reproduced the Nazi salute at a school in Ponta Grossa, Paraná. The case exemplifies warnings that neo-Nazi incidents have grown in Brazil in recent years, whether against Jews or other groups, such as black people and LGBTQIA+ people.
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We cannot normalize situations like this, even if they are exceptions. The process of acceptance, without any punishment, makes more people feel comfortable committing the crime of apologizing for Nazism.
In the case of the school, the board didn't even explain what the teacher's punishment would be, they just said they didn't agree with the attitude. It is necessary to take tougher measures to stop the rise of neo-Nazism, which is growing quickly and dangerously in our country. A rigorous investigation of the facts is expected.”
After repercussions on the networks, school says teacher will be fired
When contacted by Forum magazine, the school management at Colégio Sagrada Família reported, firstly, that she had been at the school for more than ten years and had never “had any problem of this kind”.
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“I learned this fact yesterday and tomei measures internally. It is not our methodology nor our way of being. We always try to remain neutral and this is the guidance that the school gives to students, parents and teachers. The school’s position is completely contrary to what happened”, stated the Sister Edites, director of the school, told Forum Magazine.
“It was certainly an act of recklessness on the part of the teacher and the school has already taken the first internal measures with her in accordance with our rules”, he concluded.
After the negative repercussion and manifestation of entities, the school decided to give a tougher response and reported that it repudiates the act, classified as “recklessness, carelessness and a big mistake on the part of the teacher”, in the words of the general director, sister Edites Bet, who stated that the school decided to fire the professional. (FSP)
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