School Quotes Nazi General in ‘Inspirational’ Email – By Neal Colgrass (newser.com) / June 22 2018
But the University of Exeter has apologized
(Newser) – Nothing like quoting a Nazi general to inspire your student body—although Nazi generals are, you know, Nazis. Exeter University in South West England has apologized after sending a mass email to staff and students quoting former Nazi general Erwin Rommel, USA Today reports. “One cannot permit unique opportunities to slip by for the sake of trifles,” reads the quote, apparently spoken by the WWII general in his North African campaign against British troops, per the BBC. Seems the June 4 email aimed to inspire students to seek out career options. A university spokesman blamed a staff member who didn’t recognize Rommel’s name.
“A member of staff used the public, free access website ‘Quotefancy’ to find a quotation for use as part of an internal email,” says the spokesman. “Unfortunately, the staff member did not recognize the name attributed to the generated quote.” The Exeter student newspaper the Falmouth Anchor, which broke the story, says “it is evident that there was no malicious intent in choosing the quote,” but Fox News says the National Union of Students isn’t taking it lightly. Jewish students feel “increasingly unsafe” at universities and avoid some schools over “fears of anti-Semitism,” the group says, adding that “Exeter must take appropriate action to rectify the damage” and make sure “something like this will never happen again.”
http://www.newser.com/story/260995/students-receive-email-with-inspirational-nazi-quote.html
