(Jewish Group) Suburban Atlanta elementary school sparks outrage with logo resembling Nazi insignia

A suburban Atlanta elementary school’s new logo is raising eyebrows over its similarity to a symbol associated with Nazi Germany.

The logo depicts the blocky silhouette of a large bird, wings outstretched, clutching the elementary school’s initials — a design similar to that of the Nazi Eagle, sometimes also referred to as the War Eagle, a stylized eagle clasping a swastika that became a symbol of power after Hitler seized control of the German government.

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Maria Clark, principal of East Side Elementary School in Cobb County, sent an email on Monday to parents stating that the school will “pause” to “consider the feedback” on the logo.

On Twitter, a woman who identified herself as a Jewish mother of a student at the elementary school, wrote in response to Clark’s email that “the district should apologize to all East Side families for the harm that this has caused,” and mentioned a fall 2021 incident in which the boys’ bathroom of a Cobb County high school was vandalized with Nazi rhetoric.

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