School teacher praises Hitler in yearbook

Whitesville Central School has been forced to reissue their yearbooks after a teacher named Adolf Hitler as his favourite person in history. Photo / Google Maps

A school teacher is under scrutiny after he praised Adolf Hitler, calling him his favourite person in history who did "many great things", in a yearbook.

Jeffrey Acor, a teacher at the Whitesville Central School in New York state in the US, was given a short passage in the book to introduce himself, and named Adolf Hitler as his "favourite person in history", according to Yahoo.

Under the "New guy on the block" section, Acor was asked who his favourite person in history was, to which the history teacher replied: "Adolf Hitler, who did many great things for Germany and their great youth before the infamous Holocaust".

Adolf Hitler in Munich in the spring of 1932. Photo /Getty Images

"Adolf was outed and faced hardships early in life which a lot of people can relate to," Acor continued. "Adolf is arguably greatest public speaker in the history of the world. Adolf made many great strides to make Germany a world super power."

Acor, who has just finished his first year at the school, was defended by the school's superintendent, Laurie Sanders, who said the comments about Hitler were taken out of context.

"I don't believe he was joking. He was really looking it at through the lens of history and not (sic), he wasn't applauding anything he did," Sanders said.

"It's questions that were asked of him and written down and he never got to see the entire writing."

The school has announced it will be handing out an updated version of the yearbook, according to Yahoo.