Michigan State displays Hitler during pre-football game trivia, day synagogue president murdered

Michigan State University apologized after displaying an image of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler as part of a trivia quiz before its football game, which came the same day that a synagogue president was murdered in Detroit.

The question displayed on the stadium videoboard Saturday asked where Hitler was born as part of regular pregame trivia from a third party. The quiz supplies the content to the school well before it is shown on the videoboard, according to The Associated Press.

After asking the question, a photo of the genocidal dictator appeared with the answer, "Austria."

Michigan State University Associate Athletic Director Matt Larson apologized after the incident. 

"MSU is aware that inappropriate content by a third-party source was displayed on the videoboard prior to the start of tonight’s football game. We are deeply sorry for the content that was displayed, as this is not representative of our institutional values," he said. "MSU will not be using the third-party source going forward and will implement stronger screening and approval procedures for all videoboard content in the future."

Pictures of the videoboard sparked outrage online.

"This is on the heads of every university leader who has allowed pro-terror student groups to hijack their institutions," Jewish author Aviva Klompas posted on X, formerly Twitter.

Actor and comedian Michael Rapaport pointed out how the videoboard display coincided with the murder of Samantha Woll, the president of a Detroit synagogue.

"On Saturday, a Rabbi in Detroit was murdered in her driveway & Adolf Hitler was the answer to a Trivia game at a Michigan State Football game, but we’re just a bunch of neurotic Jews!!!" he wrote, although there have not been reports that Woll was a rabbi.

East Lansing, the home of Michigan State University, is located about an hour and a half from Detroit.

The synagogue president was murdered amid a global surge in antisemitism after Hamas terrorists entered Israel, brutally killing more than 1,400 people, including 31 U.S. citizens, and many women, children and the elderly. The terrorists also have at least 200 people held hostage.

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