Nazi-named children taken from parents

Agency removes 3-year-old named Adolf Hitler, 2 sisters from N.J. home

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Adolf Hitler, siblings, removed from home
Jan. 14: Children have been removed by state social services for undisclosed reasons. WCAU's Dawn Timmeney reports.

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updated 3:57 p.m. ET Jan. 14, 2009

HOLLAND TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Three New Jersey siblings whose names have Nazi connotations have been placed in the custody of the state, police said Wednesday.

Holland Township Police Sgt. John Harris said workers from the state Division of Youth and Family Services 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 said family services did not tell police the reason the children were removed. Agency spokeswoman Kate Bernyk said it does not comment on specific cases.

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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.