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Auschwitz Committee Urges Cancellation of German Auction of Holocaust Artifacts

Survivor representatives say the lots contain personal data that should reside with families or museums.

Overview

  • The planned sale by Auktionshaus Felzmann in Neuss is scheduled to begin Monday under the title "Das System des Terrors Vol. II 1933–1945."
  • Catalogue listings include letters from concentration camps, Gestapo index cards, an anti-Jewish propaganda poster, and a Jewish star from Buchenwald showing signs of use.
  • IAK executive vice-president Christoph Heubner called the auction a cynical and shameless undertaking for those who endured Nazi persecution.
  • The committee argues the offering exploits victims' suffering for commercial interest and calls on the auctioneers to show decency by canceling the event.
  • Felzmann did not provide a comment when contacted, leaving the status of the sale unresolved ahead of the scheduled start.