German auction house urged to cancel sale of Holocaust artefacts

Survivors group calls on firm Felzmann to ‘show some basic decency’ and halt the ‘cynical and shameless’ eventA Holocaust survivors group is calling on a German auction house to cancel...

By Associated Press in Berlin · The Guardian World

Survivors group calls on firm Felzmann to ‘show some basic decency’ and halt the ‘cynical and shameless’ event A Holocaust survivors group is calling on a German auction house to cancel a sale of hundreds of Holocaust artefacts, including letters written by prisoners and other documents that identify many people by name. The International Auschwitz Committee, a Berlin-based group, called the “cynical and shameless” sale with a title of the System of Terror to be stopped. It is scheduled to be held on Monday by the Felzmann auction house. Continue reading...