A school district in Iowa is apologizing to parents after an email message which included a “quote of the day” spread a message that originated in Nazi Germany, Business Insider reported.
“Here’s today’s Respect Quote of the day: ‘My honor is my loyalty,'” a line at the bottom of the email read.
The quote was commonly used in the Waffen SS to express loyalty to Adolf Hitler and has been historically connected to leading Nazi Party member Heinrich Himmler.
“The staff member didn’t realize that the quote was from a highly inappropriate source,” Indianola Superintendent Ted Ihns wrote. “I first want to apologize for the oversight
Ihns said that using a quote with Nazi connections was “completely unintentional,” and better research will be conducted going forward.
