A high school class in Germany has apologised after teenage pupils allegedly started greeting each other with 'Heil Hitler' and communicating in Nazi slogans. The children of class 9a said sorry for their actions on Facebook after intense pressure from parents and staff at the school, in Leipzig in east Germany - but claimed that not all of them were involved. It comes after it emerged that all 29 members of the class - including a Jewish boy - subscribed to a WhatsApp chatroom where Hitler and the Nazis were routinely praised. Horrific: A photograph of one of the male students in class 9A at the Landsberg School near Leipzig, east Germany, shows him raising his right arm in a Nazi salute
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Year 9 class says sorry amid claims they communicated in 'Nazi slogans'
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German authorities are investigating teenagers' WhatsApp conversations
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Said to have 'swapped Nazi sayings and slogans' throughout the school day
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Pictures show teens doing Heil Hitler salutes and wearing Hitler moustaches
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Class release statement on Facebook claiming not all of them were involved
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