A school in Taiwan has been condemned after students waved Nazi flags and shout 'Sief Heil' as teachers stood by saluting them.

The images were taken at Hsinchu Kuang Fu High School in Western Taiwan where a history teacher can be seen dressed as Adolf Hitler.

Some are standing in a tank made of cardboard pulling a Nazi salute, and the actions have been slammed by German and Israeli officials.

The images were taken at Hsinchu Kuang Fu High School in Western Taiwan where a history teacher can be seen dressed as Adolf Hitler yesterday

Students, whose faces have been digitally obscured, wearing Nazi uniforms during a Cosplay event at the school in Hsinchu, western Taiwan, yesterday

Taiwan's Presidential Office ordered an investigation into the incident and the education minister Pan Wen-chung apologized and ordered the school to boost students' knowledge about modern history.

The Israel Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei issued a statement, according to the Taipei Times, said: 'It is deplorable and shocking that seven decades only after the world had witnessed the horrors of the Holocaust, a high school in Taiwan is supporting such an outrageous action as we witnessed yesterday at Hsinchu Kuang Fu Senior High School.'

Israeli Representative to Taiwan Asher Yarden also condemned the actions of the school, and wrote on the mission's Facebook page: 'We strongly condemn this tasteless occurrence and call on the Taiwanese authorities, in all levels, to initiate educational programs which would introduce the meaning of the Holocaust and teach its history and universal meaning.'

The German Institute Taipei also issued a statement, saying the students did not understand the what the Nazi symbol stands for with regards to human rights and oppression.

School principle Cheng Hsiao-ming (R) and dean Liao Ching-lin (L) bowing their heads to apologize for a Nazi-themed performance held by students and at least one teacher at the school in Hsinchu, western Taiwan

The incident was 'regrettable' and 'disappointing', according to the Presidential Office.

'We feel it is extremely disrespectful to the Jewish people who had been victims of the oppression perpetrated during wars, but more importantly, it highlighted ignorance about history,' it said a statement, according to the Taipei Times.

'The responsibility of an education facility is to teach students that peace and diversity did not come easily. The freedom of thinking should be based on justice and respect, rather than misconduct.'