A Catholic school has been forced to apologise after officials included gates to Auschwitz in their Halloween float.

St. Joseph Catholic School in Hanover, Pennsylvania, displayed a replica of the gates into the concentration camp with the words ‘Arbeit Macht Frei,’ which translates to ‘Work Makes You Free’.

The float, which was shared on social media on Friday night, soon received criticism from locals.

One woman commented: ‘Why would there be a concentration camp entryway on a float? There’s literally no reason that archway should be anywhere.’

Another said: ‘The fact that even some people think this is remotely funny should tell you a lot about the people they are. This is very disturbing.’

The man who designed the float, Galen S Shelley,insisted he was ‘unaware of the significance

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