License plates, words and symbols have meaning. It's not political correctness – it's history.
Print article Recently, two vanity license plates spotted in Anchorage lit up social media and made local and national news. The plates read “FUHRER” and “3REICH.” Eva Gardner, who had family members killed in the Holocaust, contacted the DMV after seeing the first one. She emailed, “The text is ‘FUHRER,’ a word that is effectively synonymous with Adolf Hitler, leader of the Nazis who was responsible for millions of genocidal deaths, mostly of Jews. You can confirm this through a simple web search of the word.” Elected officials, Twitter stars, prominent bloggers, the Depart...