School District officials in Wisconsin responded Monday to a widely-shared social media image that appeared to show students giving the Nazi salute, saying the image is "not reflective of the educational values and beliefs" of the district.The photo, taken on the steps of the Sauk County Courthouse and including students from Baraboo High School's 2019 class, includes about 50 young men, many of them with their right arms outstretched. The gesture was used in the 1930s and 40s as a symbol of allegiance to Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler.The caption on a since-deleted Tweet that carried the photo read, "We even got the black kid to throw it up" and included the hashtag, "barabooproud." It was posted on Sunday, Armistice Day, before being deleted. In an updated statement, Supt. Lori Mueller said the photo shared on Sunday, Armistice Day, was taken in spring but not on school property or at a school-sponsored event. Officials were investigating the image and would "pursue any and all available and appropriate actions," she said. Police said they're also investigating.A Vice News contributor reported that he'd reached one of the students in the photo who identified himself as Jordan Blue. In a statement posted online, Blue said he was "clearly" uncomfortable in the photo and said the gesture was made at the urging of the photographer. "I knew what my morals were and it was not to salute something I firmly didn't believe in," Blue wrote, adding that he's been the victim of bullying from his classmates and that "nothing has been done."The memorial museum for the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp responded, saying it exemplifies the continual need to educate people about the horrors of the era. "We need to explain what is the danger of hateful ideology rising. Auschwitz with its gas chambers was at the very end of the long process of normalizing and accommodating hatred," said a message posted to the museum's Twitter account. Gov.-Elect Tony Evers issued a statement, saying: "The actions displayed in this photo have no place in Wisconsin. As elected officials, we have a responsibility to lead by example for a generation growing up in a climate where they see this behavior condoned. I will be in contact with Baraboo officials, but we must all be clear: intolerance and bigotry must never be tolerated, in our schools or anywhere else." a unity rally to denounce the photo.' expand='' crop='original'][/image]A "hostile-free environment notice" was posted to the Baraboo High School website.Another group of students on Monday afternoon held a unity rally to denounce the photo.