East Brook Middle School in Paramus pulled yearbooks after discovering an infant photograph of Adolf Hitler in the student baby pictures section.
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East Brook Middle School in Paramus, New Jersey, recalled its yearbook after administrators discovered a photograph of Adolf Hitler as an infant had been included in the student baby pictures section.
Ryan Aupperlee, principal of the school, notified families of the error in a letter dated June 25. "Earlier today, after students had already received their yearbooks, we learned that the baby pictures section of the yearbook contained an image that was later identified as an infant photograph of Adolf Hitler," Aupperlee wrote, according to documents obtained by NJ.com. "We immediately collected the yearbooks so the image would not remain in circulation."
The baby photos were meant to feature graduating eighth graders from the school. According to NBC New York, the photographs submitted by students were from 2012 and 2013, but a black-and-white image of Hitler shortly after his birth in 1889 was included in the collage after being submitted by a student.
In his letter to the school community, Aupperlee stated: "An image of him has no place in a yearbook created for our students. It does not reflect who we are or what East Brook stands for, and we condemn its inclusion without reservation."
The incident has raised questions about how the photograph passed through the school's proofreading process before the yearbook went to print. No one identified the image as inappropriate during the review phase, according to sources.
Paramus police were notified of the incident, and information was shared with the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office. An investigation into how the photograph was included in the yearbook is underway.
Paramus Mayor Chris di Piazza commented on the matter, saying the incident "doesn't represent Paramus" and that "one bad action doesn't represent the town."
A 17-year-old resident of the area expressed concern about the inclusion, stating that while some young people make jokes about such topics, "it's not funny at all, it's just gross."
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