Germany Cancels Auction of Holocaust Artifacts After Backlash; 87th Kristallnacht Anniv. Nov. 9, 1938

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2. DW News, Germany (Deutsche Welle), Auction of Holocaust Items Cancelled After Outrage, Nov.16, 2025

- DW News. An auction of items and documents from victims of the Holocaust has been called off following an international outcry. The Auschwitz Committee called auctioning such items as worn Stars of David "cynical and shameless." Many items from the Buchenwald concentration camp appeared in the auction.

An auction of items and documents from Holocaust victims was canceled on Sunday, a day before it was scheduled to take place in Neuss, a city near Düsseldorf in western Germany. The head of the auction house confirmed the auction was called off to Nathanael Liminski, a senior official in the regional government of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, a spokesman for Liminski said, the dpa news agency reported.

Before the cancellation, the International Auschwitz Committee (IAC) had urged the Felzmann auction house not to hold the event. IAC Executive Vice President Christoph Heubner called the auction "cynical and shameless." Heubner said in a statement that the history of Holocaust survivors was "being exploited for commercial gain."

"Documents relating to persecution and the Holocaust belong to the families of those who were persecuted," he said. "They should be displayed in museums or in exhibitions at memorial sites and not be degraded to objects of trade."

Politicians welcome auction's cancellation
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski also called the auction "offensive." In a post on X, he wrote he and German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul "agreed that such a scandal must be prevented" and later said he was pleased to hear it had been called off... More,
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