COBB COUNTY, Ga. — Some Cobb County dad and mom have been surprised when an elementary college launched a brand new brand that some thought appeared like a Nazi image.

Channel 2′s Cobb County Bureau Chief Michele Newell obtained the proposed brand design from East Side Elementary, which options an eagle.

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Several dad and mom reached out to Channel 2 Action News with considerations that the image brand appeared like a Nazi War Eagle.

A district spokesperson advised Newell that the emblem was truly primarily based off of the pin given to U.S. Army colonels and was designed by the district’s communications division.

Families that Newell spoke to, specifically members of the Jewish neighborhood, mentioned the emblem’s design was greater than offensive.

Rabbi Amanda Flaks mentioned she needed to look twice on the brand.

“I thought, ‘That looks off. That makes me uncomfortable,’ and I came back to it a few times and I felt more and more uncomfortable and sick each time,” Flaks mentioned.

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Flaks mentioned that the battle eagle was utilized by the Nazi occasion throughout World World II and is used now by different neo-Fascist and neo-Nazi sympathizer teams.

Stacy Efrat mentioned that as a guardian and a member of the Jewish neighborhood, she was outraged on the brand.

“I want to see the logo not only taken away, I want a direct apology to our community. Not just the Jewish community but the entire community,” Efrat mentioned. We must acknowledge that they’re related and the college wants to instantly apologize and take away it.”

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Newell contacted the Cobb County School District for an interview, however solely bought a press release. It reads, partly,

“The roll-out of this logo has been halted, and we are immediately reviewing needed changes. We understand and strongly agree that similarities to Nazi symbolism are unacceptable, although this design was based on the U.S. Army colonel’s eagle wings.”

Flaks mentioned she contacted the college about it and bought an apology from the principal, together with footage of what the college district mentioned the emblem was primarily based on.

“I’m very hurt on a lot of levels,” Flaks mentioned. “My children are great grandchildren of someone who fled the Nazi regime in Germany and survived the Holocaust.”

The director of the American Jewish Committee of the Atlanta area desires the emblem eliminated instantly.

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