US: 'Swastika' retirement home draws new complaints

From the ground the Wesley Acres Methodist retirement home in Alabama looks like any other building. But from the air the outline is unmistakable: It is one big swastika.

US: 'Swastika' retirement home draws new complaints

From the ground the Wesley Acres Methodist retirement home in Alabama looks like any other building. But from the air the outline is unmistakable: It is one big swastika.

Now, prompted by complaints from a Jewish activist, the agency that owns the government-funded building is planning to alter its shape to disguise the Nazi symbol. The move comes just a few years after it underwent a million-dollar design modification meant to end similar complaints from a US senator.

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