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Harrisburg diocese condemns Auschwitz gates in Catholic school’s Halloween float

JL;DR SUMMARY A Catholic school in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, faced backlash after including a replica of the Auschwitz gates in its Halloween parade. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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AuschwitzHolocaustJewish CommunitiesApologyControversyNazi ImageryArbeit Macht FreiCatholic SchoolTimothy SeniorMetcalf Cleaning

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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
"Catholic leaders in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, have apologized after a local Catholic school included a replica of the gates of Auschwitz in its Halloween parade."
Hanover, Pennsylvania, United States
"I was shocked and appalled to learn that the Halloween parade float from Saint Joseph Catholic school in Hanover included a replica of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp gate, bearing the words Arbeit Macht Frei, Timothy Senior, the citys top Catholic bishop, said in a statement on Saturday, after images of the display began going viral."
York, Pennsylvania, United States
"The display was the work of Galen S. Shelly, a York, Pennsylvania, resident who explained his use of the gates in a comment on the Facebook page early Saturday morning."
Pennsylvania, United States
"The display drew condemnation from the York Jewish Community Center, Jewish Federation of Greater Harrisburg and the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, which also thanked Senior for his acknowledgement of the display in a joint statement on Saturday."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
"The display drew condemnation from the York Jewish Community Center, Jewish Federation of Greater Harrisburg and the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, which also thanked Senior for his acknowledgement of the display in a joint statement on Saturday."

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