Share
30th July 2022
04:25pm BST
Via Alexander Historical Auctions[/caption]
"This auction, whether unwittingly or not, is doing two things: one, giving succour to those who idealise what the Nazi party stood for," wrote Rabbi Menachem Margolin, Chairman of Brussels-based European Jewish Association. "Two: Offering buyers the chance to titillate a guest or loved one with an item belonging to a genocidal murderer and his supporters.
"The sale of these items is an abhorrence. There is little to no intrinsic historical value to the vast bulk of the lots on display."
He continued to say that "one can only question the motivation of those buying them" and that Europe suffered "egregiously because of the perverted and murderous ideology of the Nazi party."
"Millions died to preserve the values of freedom that we take for granted today, including almost half a million Americans. Our continent is littered with memorial mass graves and the sites of death camps," the Rabbi added.
But the auction house has maintained that they are simply preserving history.
"Whether good or bad history, it must be preserved," Senior Vice President Mindy Greenstein told German media. "If you destroy history, there is no proof that it happened."
Explore more on these topics:
