Protesters waved Nazi flags outside of a community theater production of “The Diary of Anne Frank,” leaving performers "understandably shaken" by the hateful display in Michigan, officials said Monday.

The Fowlerville Community Theater used the American Legion Devereaux Post 141 for its production about Frank, whose historical diary of hiding from Nazis during World War II. During the performance, members of the post confronted the demonstrators.

A small group of demonstrators holding Nazi flags and American flags with white supremacist symbols gathered outside of a theater in Howell, Michigan.

Video captured on Facebook Live shows individuals waving Nazi flags outside of "The Diary of Anne Frank" production at the American Legion Post 141 in Howell, Mich.

Demonstrators fly Nazi flags outside 'The Diary of Anne Frank' play A group of people carrying Nazi flags demonstrated outside a community theater performance of “The Diary of Anne Frank” in Livingston County,

Demonstrators holding flags with Nazi swastikas targeted two rural Michigan towns including the site of a community theater production of “The Diary of Anne Frank.” The actors portraying

A group of masked men were seen waving Nazi flags and shouting antisemitic and racist slurs outside a community theater production of The Diary of Anne Frank Saturday evening in Howell, Michigan. As dozens of

Demonstrators were seen waving Nazi flags in Michigan on November 9, as a stage adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank was being performed locally. Footage captured by Alex Sutliff shows several masked men with swastika flags in Fowlerville on the night.