A Brooklyn high school student, who attends the elite Leon M. Goldstein High School caused quite a a stir Tuesday when he showed up for school on Halloween dressed as Adolph Hitler.

The student, Walter Petryk, said it was a parody of the Nazi dictator.

But some students and officials didn’t get the joke.

The school ordered the junior honors student to remove his coat, his swastika armband or possibly face spending the day
in the office, according to Wednesday’s editions of the New York Post.

Petryk refused, saying his parody was protected by freedom of expression rights.

Petryk’s
stepfather is Jewish and lost relatives during the
Nazi genocide, told the Post he was initially ‘very disturbed’ by the
costume but nonetheless defended his step son’s rights.

To get to school, Petryk disguised his
Hitler costume with a costume of Charlie Chaplin, with a bowler hat and
cane.