Summary
A planned auction in Germany of items from Nazi concentration camps was cancelled after public protest. The auction included over 600 items and sparked criticism from Holocaust survivors and political leaders. The auction house removed the listing and there are calls to prevent such future auctions.
Key Facts
- The auction was planned to sell artefacts from Nazi concentration camps, including Buchenwald and Auschwitz.
- There were over 600 items for sale, including a letter from an Auschwitz prisoner and a medical report from Dachau.
- Polish Deputy Prime Minister Radoslaw Sikorski and others called for the auction to be canceled.
- The auction house Felzmann, located in Neuss, had scheduled the sale for Monday.
- The auction was canceled after protests from Holocaust survivors and politicians.
- The auction listing was removed from the auction house website by mid-afternoon on Sunday.
- Poland’s culture minister plans to investigate the origin of the items to see if any should go back to Poland.
- Over a million people, including Jews, Poles, Roma, and Russian prisoners of war, died in concentration camps like Auschwitz.
