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A spokesperson said: “Officers were made aware of a banner at a football match at Ibrox Stadium on Saturday, September 30.

Ultimately, however, Scotland’s Jewish community is shrinking — down from some 20,000 in the early 1960s to perhaps even less 5,000 today — and there might not be a “next generation” of players and fans “to ever worry about,” said Minster.

Bosses at the Glasgow side launched their own investigation into how the banner, which included the Totenkopf symbol, was allowed in the ground ahead of Saturday’s match. But officers from Police Scotland are also probing the display of the flag, the force confirmed to STV News. Police Scotland have opened an investigation into reports of an offensive flag being displayed at Ibrox on Saturday, September 30.

The 29-year-old later told police that he did not do a Nazi salute but a gesture for the "hand and the Crown." Rangers football club have confirmed an investigation is underway after a flag bearing a symbol linked to the Nazis was seen displayed in the home section at Ibrox on Saturday. The officer claimed he later had to Google the phrase and stated that his "inference was the Northern Ireland flag has a hand and a Crown." Sheriff Anthony Deutsch said after finding him guilty: "I regard this as serious, I wonder what the Leipzig fans thought.The Glasgow club had invited members of the Royal Air Force, army, and navy to the stadium on Saturday to coincide with Armed Forces Day.

A picture snapped during the Rangers' game against Aberdeen on Saturday appeared to show a group of fans unfurling a flag with the Totenkopf on it, which is also known as the death head. The Nazi 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf was synonymous with the symbol during WWII and is infamous for carrying out racially motivated massacres in France. The emblem, known as “death’s head,” was used by the 3rd SS panzer division during the second world war – known for committing a slew of war crimes including the murder of millions of people at concentration camps. He said: "You could see it was a racist gesture because of the nationality of the fans standing behind me." Had Third Lanark survived, it might have developed into a team with a reputation for Jewish support, much like Tottenham in England. In the 1920s and 1930s, Third Lanark, situated near a Jewish neighborhood, even fielded one of the very few Scottish Jewish professional footballers, Sam Latter. As late as 1960, the Jewish Chronicle reported that a quarter of the 6,000-strong crowd at Third Lanark’s stadium were Jews.The morning newsletter arrives every day before 9am and the evening newsletter, manually curated by the team, is sent between 4pm and 5pm, giving you a round up of the most important stories we've covered that day. This has made Scotland’s 5,000 or so Jews an oddity in the Scottish soccer landscape. Unencumbered by the religious and cultural baggage of their Christian peers, many Jews can choose more freely which teams they want to root for.

A Rangers spokesperson said: “Clearly, this flag is absolutely unacceptable and the club condemns the displaying of it within our stadium in the strongest possible terms. The club can confirm an investigation is now under way.”Historically, most Jews have supported the Rangers and Hearts (the shorthand for Heart of Midlothian). When Jews arrived as immigrants from Eastern Europe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, their children mostly adopted the teams of their friends and classmates. Most of them sent their children to Protestant schools, Kaplan explained, because they were more open to a range of students, in opposition to Catholic schools, which were focused on Catholic students.