A Lithuanian teenager who wore a Nazi uniform during a festival was acquitted Friday of violating a new law that prohibits the display of Nazi and Soviet-era symbols. A court said Audrius Petreikis, a 17-year-old member of a local history club, did not commit a crime because he was only trying to educate others about what the soldiers who occupied his country would have looked like.

Petreikis was detained in August after he donned a Wehrmacht uniform and then took part in a historical parade in the port city of Klaipeda.

The new legislation forbids the public display of Nazi and Soviet symbols such as the swastika, hammer and sickle and five-pointed Soviet star. Playing the Soviet anthem is also prohibited under the law.

Petreikis’ friend, Germanas Musychinas, was detained the same day for wearing a Red Army uniform. The court will announce his verdict Oct. 30.

(Source: Associated Press)