Mayor Eric Adams reversed course early Thursday and admitted that a Holocaust survivor with pro-Israel views should’ve been allowed to speak about antisemitism at a Brooklyn middle school.

The mayor’s office initially said it agreed with MS 447 principal Arin Rusch’s decision to keep 85-year-old Sami Steigmann from appearing at the Boerum Hill school — but Adams claimed that statement “went out prematurely.”

“Let me be very clear, I’ve previously met with Sami Steigmann and he is ABSOLUTELY the right person to speak with kids about the atrocities of the Holocaust,” Adams said in a post on X late Wednesday.

Holocaust survivor Sami Steigmann Instagram /samisteigmannspeaks

Controversy erupted this week when The Post reported that Steigmann was denied an opportunity to speak at the sch

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