HANOVER, Pa. —

Community and religious leaders in a Pennsylvania town are responding after a replica of the Auschwitz concentration camp gate appeared on a Catholic school's Halloween parade float.

The float from Saint Joseph Catholic School in Hanover, Pennsylvania, is drawing criticism from residents, who say the design is insensitive, inappropriate, and hateful. According to the Associated Press, the designer behind the float apologized in an interview with Pennlive.com, saying he made it “with no ill intent.”

Hanover is in a rural area in York County, Pennsylvania, which is about 50 miles northwest of Baltimore.

A video of the parade shows the float, towed by a pickup truck, going through the central square in Hanover, decorated with pumpkins, ghosts, and a sign reading “SHAM ROCK-

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