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Maryam Khanum

BIZARRE: Australia jails man for giving nazi salute in historic first - You Need To See This

Jacob Hersant performed the straight-armed Nazi salute whilst also making racist comments, including "Australia for the white man." (Credit: Joel Carrett/EPA)

A Gen Z neo-Nazi has become the first person in Australia to be sentenced to jail for performing a Nazi salute in public.

"This isn't just a sentence — it's a national roar that symbols of Nazism have no place on our soil," Anti-Defamation Commission chair Dvir Abramovich told the Associated Press.

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