Jason Poulos writes:
These two recent news items might interest you --
France's best-known association of Jewish groups, CRIF, had
denounced the sale as "harming the memory of victims of Nazi
barbarity"...the organisation said selling the objects would give them
"unhealthy symbolic value that resembles cynicism and a form of moral
indecency".
France
auction house cancels Nazi memorabilia sale (BBC; 4/14/14)
"Major auctioneers limit sales of Nazi materials or ban
it outright. Online auctioneer eBay Inc. doesn't allow posting any items for
sale that were owned by Nazi leaders including Hitler, Joseph Goebbels, Hermann
Goering or Heinrich Himmler. Representatives from Bonhams and Sotheby's auction
houses said they don't deal in Nazi materials."
Sale
of Items Linked to Hitler: Good Business or Bad Taste? (WSJ; 3/25/14)
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