The transport minister says a bus sign in use in Adelaide for the past three years will be reviewed after a complaint from a distinguished member of the Jewish community.

Transport minister orders review after Nazi complaint over bus stop sign

Adelaide bus stop signs bear an uncomfortable resemblance to one of history’s most notorious symbols – now the minister has stepped in after a Jewish leader raised concerns.

The stylised character next to a “hail bus” message on Adelaide bus stops has been questioned by the Jewish community, and will be reviewed by the Transport Department.

The design uses a male character standing in the middle of a road, on the wrong side of the bus, hailing it through the driver’s window with a straight right arm and hand.

Long standing Jewish community leader Norman Schueler did not suggest the design was deliberate, but of the new bus stop designs: “Any form of reviving or glorifying Nazism is abhorrent and in poor taste to say the least”.

“We have some survivors in Adelaide, and if they saw these reincarnations, I can imagine what they might think.”

There is no suggestion that the “hail bus” sign was anything other than an oversight, and is currently being rolled out to replace an older version.

Historically, the Nazi salute – with a similar straight extended right arm and hand – was accompanied the declaration “Heil, mein Führer!”, which translated to English is “Hail, my Leader!”

The bus stop character has the words “Hail bus” next to him.

Read the article by in The Daily Telegraph.