The judge ruled that the boy must also submit a book report to the state probation department about Carl Lutz, a Swiss diplomat in Budapest during the Second World War.
Saved thousands of Jews
Lutz, who died in 1975 aged 79, saved the lives of thousands of Jews who faced deportation to German death camps by Hungary’s Nazi-allied regime.
He issued documents to 7,800 families in the Swiss government’s name which guaranteed safe passage out of the country to what was then British Mandatory Palestine.
A network of 76 safehouses was also set up to prevent the abduction, assault and murder of Jews by the Nazis or the Arrow Cross, Hungary’s fascist militia.
‘No unsupervised use of internet’
The Carl Lutz Society estimates that he prevented the deportation of as many as 40,000 Jews who would likely have been killed.
The Ohio teenager was also ordered to have no unsupervised use of the internet and to have counselling with a licensed therapist.
‘Surge in anti-Semitism across US’
He planned the attack before the Oct 7 shooting on Israel by Hamas.
The sentencing comes amid a surge in reports of anti-Semitism across the United States following the Hamas attacks.
The local branch of Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a Jewish advocacy group, said on Wednesday that it was “horrified” by the case.
‘A teachable moment’
“And for young people like this suspect, we hope this can be a teachable moment,” it said.
“Hate and threats on social media, as in real life, cannot and will not be tolerated.”
The US education department opened investigations into six colleges and one Kansas school district last month.
