Residents living in a Kitchener, Ont. neighbourhood say it was unsettling to see a Nazi flag flying at a home on their street.
“As far as I’m concerned, disgusting,” said neighbour Sharon Lamers. “There are a lot of bad memories to it. My family’s German. I’m a first-generation Canadian and it has no place here. Especially as a lot of Germans immigrated here and that’s not what they wanted to bring with them.”
The Nazi military flag, known as Kriegsmarine, was seen Monday outside a house on Stirling Avenue South.
Marshall, who driving by, couldn’t believe it when he first spotted the Nazi symbol.
“[It] surprised me,” he explained. “So I did a turn-around. When I confirmed what it was, I took some pictures and immediately called police.”
The Waterloo Regional Police Service said they received several reports from the community.
“[Officers] did respond to the residence and attempted to …