A school band director apologized for a performance that included Nazi symbolism during a high school football game. Charles Grissom, band director at Texas’ Paris High School, said he had intended for the “Visions of World War II” show — which included a rendition of Nazi favorite “Deutschland Uber Alles” and a student waving a Nazi flag — to be part of a historical performance.
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