'They thought it was a joke': Anne Frank's stepsister and Holocaust survivor speaks to California teens photographed doing Nazi salute

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'They thought it was a joke': Anne Frank's stepsister and Holocaust survivor speaks to California teens photographed doing Nazi salute
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The teens in Newport Beach, California were photographed at a party standing around a swastika formed by drinking cups.

Eva Schloss, the stepsister of Anne Frank and a Holocaust survivor, attends a news conference Thursday, March 7, 2019, in Newport Beach, Calif. Schloss met Thursday with Southern California high school students who were photographed giving Nazi salutes around a swastika formed by drinking cups at a party. Schloss said the students apologized for their behavior and indicated they didn't realize what it really meant.

Eva Schloss, an 89-year-old Holocaust survivor, said afterward that it was an emotional meeting in which she described her experiences at the Auschwitz death camp."They thought it was a joke," Schloss said. Eva Schloss, an 89-year-old Holocaust survivor, said afterward that it was an emotional meeting in which she described her experiences at the Auschwitz death camp.The students indicated they didn't realize what the actions really meant and apologized, she said.The meeting occurred at Newport Harbor High School in Newport Beach, where some of the teens in the photo are students.

He said he was disappointed because the photo gave the school a bad image, but he did not think any of those involved were actually embracing Nazism. Rather, he said, they were"caught in the moment, going with the crowd."

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