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In a stunning reminder that too many of our politicians have very little understanding of history, Tipp City (Ohio) Board of Education member Anne Zakkour gave a Nazi salute and proclaimed "Sieg Heil" during a school board meeting last month.
To be clear, she said the hand/arm gesture and repetition of the Nazi victory salute was meant to be "a sarcastic" gesture because she did not like the way then-board president Simon Patry ran meetings, according to a report by WCTI.
Perhaps part of what bothered Zakkour was that back in 2021, when a group called Tipp Concerned Citizens filed a legal complaint to remove Zakkour and another board member because of what Miami Valley Today called "concerns over micromanagement of school administrators, mismanagement of district funds, abuse of power and violations of Ohio's Sunshine Laws," and the Tipp City Education Association issued a vote of no confidence in Zakkour because of her public comments, Patry also issued "resolutions of censure" to the entire board.
Though it is unclear whether Zakkour's actions were the last straw, Patry resigned at the end of the meeting. The Dayton Daily News reported he, Dunaway and Zakkour did not file for re-election this fall.
There's that, at least. But even if she is gone, the image of a person who was elected to help guide an entire school district with her arm out in front of her proclaiming like a 1930s Brown Shirt will stick in the minds of parents for years. In fact, it should.
Anyone who has such a poor grasp of the horrors and atrocities of Nazi Germany does not deserve to hold any office.