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NJ kids with Nazi-inspired names removed from home

HOLLAND TOWNSHIP, N.J. – Police say three New Jersey siblings whose names have Nazi connotations have been placed in the custody of the state.

Holland Township Police Sgt. John Harris says workers from the state Division of Youth and Family Services on Tuesday removed 3-year-old Adolf Hitler Campbell and his younger sisters, JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell and Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell from their home Tuesday.

Harris says family services did not tell police the reason the children were removed. Agency spokeswoman Kate Bernyk says it does not comment on specific cases.

The children and their parents, Heath and Deborah Campbell, received attention last month when a supermarket bakery refused to put Adolf Hitler Campbell's name on a birthday cake.

Do you have all three of your child's names put on their birthday cake?

When I read the birthday cake story, I wondered why the parents insisted on that....except to call attention to themselves....and it looks like they did.

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If that was the only reason the children were removed because of their names, then it's a bad reason. They don't know what their names refer to and what happened back then. The parents could tell them a 100 times but a 3-year-old is not capable of really understanding it. If someone in Hollywood named their child Adolf, would it be acceptable? If people had their children taken away for giving them "bad" or "weird" names, then there would be a lot of children taken away. The hospital or birth cert people never made a big deal of it so I don't understand why the bakery would either. JMO.

I would be pretty sure that the reason was not the names...... the state has to have some kind of proof that there was mistreatment of some type.

If the state was called to investigate, something started the chain of events

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They are saying there are no signs of abuse, so why did they get pulled out? Parental stupidity is not child abuse.

Note: As I remember, the boy's name was to be on the birthday cake - Adolf Hitler - and that's where this all stemmed from.

I agree. There has to be a logical reason for taking the children from their home.

Who is they? I didn't read anything in the article saying there are no signs of abuse.

It could be abuse or neglect. And we may never know. If the parents have done nothing wrong at all I am surprised they have not sought media attention. If my children were removed due to their names I would be speaking out on the news and in the papers.
There must be more to it.
The simple ignorance of naming your children those names indicates to me there is something wrong with these people. Most functioning people want to give their children a good start in life not doom them from the beginning.

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Annadrose I totally agree, just the thought of those innocent children having those names is truly upsetting to say the least.It is totally not normal and I for one cannot believe that these children who were given these horrible names are not also being told about their names or I should say that their idiot parents do not speak of the subject. When the original story was posted in the article the parents said they were proud to use those given names . So I totally believe it was not the names alone that caused someone to get involved and I am sure we all will learn more. However sadly for those innocent children it is horrible to have been given those names. Like I stated before if they the parents were so proud and believed in Hitler they themselves should have legally changed their names why in the world would any so called caring parent label their innocent children with those names and who in the future would suffer no much ridicule as they got older and realized the horror their parents placed on them.. Sad story all around. Sorry but those names need to be changed. Catherine

Do you have a link to a story we have not seen?

I don't who said there were no signs of abuse and I thought the story said the name on the birthday cake was all three names...which of course, did include Adolf Hitler along with Campbell

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From Yahoo News:

Yahoo!

I know information on this case that due to confidentiality reasons I can't post here but will just say that those kids were not removed just because of their names.

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Here's a link that clearly states the cake was to say "Happy Birthday, Adolph Hitler." (not all three childrens' names)

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_w..._with_naz.html

I previously posted a link to the story on Yahoo stating there were no reports of abuse.

That's one cake that I would leave at the Wal-Mart bakery.

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Here's a link to an update:

- Warren County, N.J. News, Weather, Sports & Entertainment for Belvidere, Phillipsburg, White Township and more - lehighvalleylive.com

It is not because of the names.

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Here is another link from a local paper in their area. I used to live in the same county.
- Warren County, N.J. News, Weather, Sports & Entertainment for Belvidere, Phillipsburg, White Township and more - lehighvalleylive.com

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Okay, so if it's not because of the names, and it's not because of any "reports of abuse," I want to know why they were removed.

Today's news says they were removed for their safety???
Here is the link:
- The Express-Times | Lehigh Valley PA Newspaper - lehighvalleylive.com

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Perhaps death threats were made against the parents/household and they didn't respond in a way that made the child services agency feel comfortable. That wouldn't be abuse, but could be considered a child safety issue - ie somebody has threatened to kill your kids and burn down your house and you're still letting them play outside in the back yard unattended while you watch tv.

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These people didn't simply give their child "bad" or "weird" name - it was cruel. They set their kids up for ridicule, harassment, and probably worse. How sickening - giving a name to a child that has to bear that horrible image and the ramifications of that name in their lives. The parents will not be at the side of their children every waking moment to defend them - these kids were put in the position of having to be on the defense (and unless they were also going to be homeschooled) right from the get-go. And they have their "parents" to thank.

And the name wasn't simply "Adolf," but "Adolf Hitler" - a very different name.

I have no knowledge of why the children were removed from the home, and I'm sure it is not simply because of the names. Hopefully, though, the names given to these children and the exposure the family got for it helped to "red flag" any other abhorrent things that were happening in that home at the hands of the "parents."

Of course, JMHO.

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I didn't say all three children's name...I said all three names of the CHILD.

I don't know how YAHOO got that information as every other news story is quoting the state services as saying that they do not comment publicly on individual cases....so actually nobody KNOWS the reason

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I just posted the links. I didn't write the stories.

??????. I don't recall anyone saying you did

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