(AP) -- A lecturer at the New Jersey Institute of Technology says his comments were taken out of context in a video that shows him apparently spouting anti-Semitic sentiments.

The school in Newark has put Jason Jorjani on administrative leave, saying his statements are "antithetical" to its core values.

The video was part of a New York Times opinion piece about a nonprofit group's undercover investigation of white nationalism. It shows Jorjani discussing the return of concentration camps and foreseeing a future in which Adolf Hitler is regarded as a "great European leader."

Jorjani says the video was edited to remove the context of the conversation about a dystopian society that would result from continuing current U.S. political practices. Jorjani told NJ.com his prediction was a negative warning, not an endorsement Hitler's politics and anti-Semitism.